Total area: 13,940 km2
land area: 10,070 km2

Comparative area: slightly larger than Connecticut

Land boundaries: none

Coastline: 3,542 km

Maritime claims:
@m5Continental shelf: 200 meters or to depth of exploitation
@m5Exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm
@m5Territorial sea: 3 nm

Climate: tropical marine; moderated by warm waters of Gulf Stream

Terrain: long, flat, coral formations with some low, rounded hills

Natural resources: salt, aragonite, timber

Land use: 1% arable land; NEGL% permanent crops; NEGL% meadows and pastures; 32% forest and woodland; 67% other

Environment: subject to hurricanes and other tropical storms

Note: strategic location adjacent to US and Cuba; extensive island chain

NOTE: The information regarding The Bahamas on this page is re-published from the 1989 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of The Bahamas Geography 1989 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about The Bahamas Geography 1989 should be addressed to the CIA.