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Discover Morant Bay in Bahamas
Morant Bay in the region of Acklins and Crooked Islands is a town located in Bahamas - some 278 mi or ( 448 km ) South-East of Nassau , the country's capital .
Local time in Morant Bay is now 03:14 PM (Tuesday) . The local timezone is named " America/Nassau " with a UTC offset of -4 hours. Depending on your flexibility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: Santiago de los Caballeros, Santiago de Cuba, Guantánamo, Port Nelson, and Nassau. When in this area, you might want to check out Santiago de los Caballeros . We found some clip posted online . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in Morant Bay ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.
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Acklins Island, Bahamas
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Royal Clipper sailing cruise
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Interesting facts about this location
Acklins
Acklins is an island and district of the Bahamas. It is one of a group of islands arranged along a large, shallow lagoon called the Bight of Acklins, of which the largest are Crooked Island (76 sq mi) in the north and Acklins (120 sq mi) in the southeast, and the smaller are Long Cay (once known as Fortune Island, 8 sq mi) in the northwest, and Castle Island in the south. The islands were settled by American Loyalists in the late 1780s who set cotton plantations employing over 1,000 slaves.
Located at 22.35 -74.02 (Lat./Long.); Less than 6 km away
Acklins and Crooked Islands
Acklins and Crooked Islands was a district of the Bahamas until 1996, and as Acklins, Crooked Island and Long Cay until 1999. It consisted of a group of islands semi-encircling a large, shallow lagoon called the Bight of Acklins, of which the largest are Crooked Island in the north and Acklins in the south-east, and the smaller are Long Cay (once known as Fortune Island) in the north-west, and Castle Island in the south.
Located at 22.50 -74.00 (Lat./Long.); Less than 12 km away
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Information of geographic nature is based on public data provided by geonames.org, CIA world facts book, Unesco, DBpedia and wikipedia. Weather is based on NOAA GFS.