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Eleuthera
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Geography
Location Atlantic Ocean
Archipelago Bahamas
Administration
The Bahamas Bahamas
Demographics
Population 11,165

Eleuthera, sometimes spelled Eleuthra, is an island in The Bahamas. It is 50 miles (80 km) east of Nassau. It is long and thin—110 miles (180 km) long and in places little more than 1 mile (1,600 m) wide.

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  • New providence eleuthera

    NASA satellite image, showing New Providence Island to the west, and east of it, the long, narrow island of Eleuthera running north and south (along with its associated Harbour and other small islands), as seen from space in 1997.

  • Gregory town

    Gregory Town, Eleuthera in December 2012.

  • Eleuthera

    Eleuthera Island is one of several within the archipelago surrounded by shallow seas, visible here as light blue. Mosaic patterns of sand waves built by sea bottom currents in the shallows stand out in stark contrast to the deep blue of the ocean depths of a thousand feet in the Exuma Sound.

  • Beach scene at Current, Eleuthera (8222670396)

    Beach scene at Current Island, Eleuthera

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Eleuthera para niños

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