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Spring Point, Bahamas
Spring Point is a town in Acklins, Bahamas and serves as its capital. As of 2010, it had a population of 36. This town's primary transport methods are boat and airplane, with Spring Point Airport serving its area. Data current as of October 2006. Source: DAFIF. References Populated places in the Bahamas {{Bahamas-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Islands Of The Bahamas
The following is an alphabetical list of the islands and cays of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas. A * Abaco Island * Abner Cay * Abraham's Bay *Acklins Island * Adderley Cay * Alcorine Cay * Alder Cay * Allan Cays * Allans Cay * Ambergris Cay(s) * Andrew island *Andros Island - largest island of the Bahamas * Angel Cays * Angle and Fish Cay * Anna Cay * Arawak Cay * Araway Cay * Archers Cay * Athol Island * Atwood Cay * August Cay B * Back Cay * Bahama Cay * Bahama Island * Bamboo Cay * Barraterre Island * Barn Cay * Barracuda Island *Base Line Cay * Beach Cay * Beacon Cay * Beak Cay * Bell Cay (owned by the Aga Khan IV) *Ben Cay * Berry Islands * Big Bersus Cay * Big Carters Cay *Big Cave Cay * Big Cay * Big Crab Cay * Big Cross Cay * Big Darby Island, a private island in the Exumas * Big Egg Island * Big Farmer's Cay * Big Fish Cay * Big Grand Cay * Big Harbour Cay * Big Hog Cay * Big Jerry Cay * Big Joe Downer Cay * Big Lake Cay * Big Lloyd Cay * Big Major Cay * Big P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 () in the north and Acklins () in the southeast, and the smaller are Long Cay (once known as Fortune Island, ()) in the northwest, and Castle Island in the south. Etymology The indigenous Lucayan people called the Acklins as ''Yabaque'', meaning "large western land". History The islands were settled by American Loyalists in the late 1780s who set up cotton plantations maintained by over 1,000 slaves. After the abolition of slavery in the British Empire the plantations became uneconomical, and the replacement income from sponge diving has now dwindled as well with the rest of the natural sponge industry after the advent of synthetics. The inhabitants now live by fishing and small-scale farming. Although Acklins Island has relatively few historical landmarks, there are some notewo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Districts Of The Bahamas
Local government in the Bahamas exists at two levels: 32 districts and 41 towns. The boundaries of districts are defined by the First Schedule of The Bahamas Local Government Act 1996 (as amended by law and declarations of the Minister responsible for Family Island Affairs), defined with reference to parliamentary constituency boundaries. The Second Schedule lists 13 districts which are divided into town areas. Towns are governed by directly elected town committees. Second Schedule districts are governed by nine-person district councils composed of the chairs of the town committees, and if numerically required, additional people elected by the town committees. The 19 Third Schedule districts are unitary authorities which cannot be divided into towns. They are governed by nine-person district councils which are directly elected by voters. The powers of Second Schedule and Third Schedule councils are slightly different, and the Third Schedule district known as the City of Free ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eastern Time Zone
The Eastern Time Zone (ET) is a time zone encompassing part or all of 23 U.S. states, states in the eastern part of the United States, parts of eastern Canada, and the state of Quintana Roo in Mexico. * Eastern Standard Time (EST) is five hours behind Coordinated Universal Time (UTC−05:00). Observed during standard time (late autumn/winter in the United States and Canada). * Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) is four hours behind Coordinated Universal Time (UTC−04:00). Observed during daylight saving time (spring/summer/early autumn in the United States and Canada). On the second Sunday in March, at 2:00 a.m. EST, clocks are advanced to 3:00 a.m. EDT, creating a 23-hour day. On the first Sunday in November, at 2:00 a.m. EDT, clocks are moved back to 1:00 a.m. EST, which results in a 25-hour day. History The boundaries of the Eastern Time Zone have moved westward since the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) took over time-zone management from railroads in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Area Code 242
Area code 242 is the telephone area code in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) for The Bahamas. Area code 242 translates to the letter sequence ''BHA'' on an alpha-numeric keypad. The numbering plan area (NPA) was created in a split of area code 809, which was originally assigned to the Bahamas and many of the Caribbean islands. A permissive dialing period was in effect from October 1, 1996, to March 31, 1997. When in The Bahamas, only the seven-digit number is required for local calls, but to call the Bahamas from other countries within the North American Numbering Plan, e.g., the United States, and Canada, the local number is prefixed with ''1'' and ''242''. See also *List of NANP area codes *Area codes in the Caribbean Several countries in the Caribbean participate in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP), which is a telephone numbering plan designed after world War II by the American Telephone and Telegraph Company for initially the United States and Canada. ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spring Point Airport
Spring Point Airport is an airport serving Spring Point on Acklins Island in The Bahamas. Bahamasair flies to Spring Point Airport, and it is the only airline that flies here. Facilities The airport resides at an elevation of above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 13/31 with an asphalt Asphalt most often refers to: * Bitumen, also known as "liquid asphalt cement" or simply "asphalt", a viscous form of petroleum mainly used as a binder in asphalt concrete * Asphalt concrete, a mixture of bitumen with coarse and fine aggregates, u ... surface measuring . Airlines and destinations References External links * * Airports in the Bahamas Acklins {{Bahamas-struct-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
