An archipelago of 700 islands and cays (which are small islands), the Bahamas is located in the Atlantic Ocean, east of Florida in the United States, north of Cuba and the Caribbean, and northwest of the British dependency of the Turks and Caicos Islands.
The island of Abaco is to its east.
The climate of the Bahamas is subtropical to tropical, and is moderated significantly by the waters of the Gulf Stream, particularly in winter.
An archipelago of 700 islands and cays (which are small islands), the Bahamas is located in the Atlantic Ocean, east of Florida in the United States, north of Cuba and the rest of the Caribbean, and west of the British dependency of the Turks and Caicos Islands.
Due to the large number of British settlers across the islands, custody of the chain was transferred from Spain to Britain, and the BahamaIslands were named a British colony in 1783.
She is represented in the Bahamas by a Governor General of the Bahamas, appointed by the monarch herself.
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