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Andros Island, teaming with natural beauty from it’s secluded beaches to it’s inland lakes, creak systems, Pine and Red Mangrove forest.
The “Andros Archipelago” is located approximately 140 miles from Fort Lauderdale, Fl
Andros Island (Greek: Άνδρος) is an archipelago within the Bahamas, the largest of the 26 inhabited Bahamian Islands. Politically considered a single island, Andros in total has an area greater than all the other 700 Bahamian islands combined.
Andros is 30 miles west across the Tongue of the Ocean from the Bahamas’ national capital of Nassau on New Providence Island. Its northern tip lies 138 miles (233 km) from Fort Lauderdale, Florida.[6] Geologically and geographically the Bahamas, including Andros, are not located in the Caribbean, whose northern boundary is the Windward Passage, but rather in the Atlantic Ocean.
Noteworthy for a unique combination of marine features and ecosystems, Andros is bordered on the east by the 6000 foot (3+ km) deep Tongue of the Ocean. The Andros Barrier Reef is the world’s sixth longest. It runs for 142 miles (225 km), averaging a distance of 1–2 miles from the Andros shore.[3] The extensive flats of the Great Bahama Bank lie to the west, northwest and south of Andros. The island has the world’s largest collection of blue holes.
Geographically, North Andros is the sixth largest island in the West Indies, at roughly 6,000 km2 (2,300 sq mi) in area and 167 km (104 mi) long and 64 km (40 mi) wide at its widest point, and the 153rd largest island on Earth. If all three main islands are included, Andros is the fifth- largest island in the West Indies, after Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica and Puerto Rico.
Fresh Creek, Andros Island, Bahamas
Politically the nation was historically part of the British West Indies and is considered culturally to be part of the Caribbean. The Bahamian dialect of the English language is distinctively Caribbean in character, similar to those of Jamaica and the Cayman Islands, also formerly part of the British West Indies.
“As the largest island in the Bahamas, Andros exhibits greater botanical diversity than any other island. The presence of Andros’ barrier reef and the Tongue of the Ocean give the island a great zoological diversity.”
Among the various land eco-systems are hardwood coppice, pineyard, scrub, saltwater marsh, rocky and sandy beaches, palm savannas and mangroves. Non-coastal areas on Andros are referred to generically as ‘the bush.’ Coastal mangrove flats and estuaries are referred to as ‘the swash,’ or salt water marsh.
Andros has the Bahamas’ only freshwater river, contributing to its biodiversity.[24] Thousands of kilometres of underground water from rainwater collect in aquifers below the island’s surface. Nineteen million litres of freshwater are shipped daily to Nassau by barge through the pumping station located in Morgan’s Bluff.
Tourists are composed primarily of scuba divers, attracted to the barrier reef, Tongue of the Ocean, and the Blue Holes; bonefishing anglers, Bird watching and those looking for relaxation at a destination that, while off the beaten path, has easy air connections.