Place:Grand Bahama, Bahamas

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NameGrand Bahama
TypeIsland
Coordinates26.633°N 78.416°W
Located inBahamas
Contained Places
District
East Grand Bahama
Freeport City
Inhabited place
High Rock
West End
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Grand Bahama is the northernmost of the islands of the Bahamas, with the town of West End located east of Palm Beach, Florida. It is the third largest island in the Bahamas island chain of approximately 700 islands and 2,400 cays. The island is roughly in area and approximately long west to east and at its widest point north to south. Administratively, the island consists of the Freeport Bonded Area and the districts of East Grand Bahama and West Grand Bahama. Nearly half of the homes on the island were damaged or destroyed in early September 2019 by Hurricane Dorian.

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