Abacos
The Abacos are a group of islands in the Bahamas east of Grand Bahama. Great Abaco and Little Abaco are the primary islands. Disney's privately-owned "Castaway Cay" is here. The Abacos took a beating from Hurricane Dorian in 2019.
- Type: Island
- Description: group of islands in the Bahamas
- Also known as: “Abaco”, “Abaco (bahamas)”, “Abaco (Bahamas)”, “Abaco and Cays”, “Abaco Islands”, “Abaco Wielkie”, “Abako salynas”, “Grande Ile Abaco”, “Great Abaco Island”, “Îles Abaco”, “Iles Abacos”, “Islas Abaco”, “islles Abaco”, “Little Abaco”, “جزيرة أباكو”, “아바코 섬”, “アバコ島”, “小阿巴科岛”, and “小阿巴科島”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Spring City.
Abacos
- Categories: archipelago and landform
- Location: Central Abaco, Bahamas, Caribbean, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
26.465° or 26° 27′ 54″ north
Longitude
-77.1343° or 77° 8′ 4″ west
Elevation
-3 feet (-1 metres)
Open location code
77R4FV88+27
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yoruba—“Abacos” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جزر أباكو”
- Armenian: “Աբակո”
- Asturian: “Abaco”
- Azerbaijani: “Abako adaları”
- Basque: “Abaco uharteak”
- Catalan: “Abaco”
- Catalan: “illes Abaco”
- Cebuano: “Abaco Island”
- Chinese: “大阿巴科岛”
- Chinese: “大阿巴科島”
- Chinese: “阿巴科群岛”
- Czech: “Abaco”
- Dutch: “Abaco-eilanden”
- Esperanto: “Abakinsularo”
- Estonian: “Abaco saared”
- Finnish: “Abaco”
- French: “Abacos”
- French: “îles Abacos”
- French: “Îles Abacos”
- Galician: “Illas Ábaco”
- Georgian: “აბაკოს კუნძულები”
- German: “Abaco Island”
- German: “Abaco”
- Greek: “Γκρέιτ Αμπάκο”
- Hausa: “Tsibirin Abaco”
- Hebrew: “איי אבקו”
- Indonesian: “Kepulauan Abaco”
- Italian: “Isole Abaco”
- Japanese: “アバコ諸島”
- Korean: “아바코 제도”
- Latvian: “Abako salas”
- Lithuanian: “Abako salos”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Abaco-øyene”
- Persian: “جزایر آباکو”
- Polish: “Wielkie Abaco”
- Portuguese: “Ilhas Ábaco”
- Russian: “Абако”
- Slovak: “Abaco (Bahamy)”
- Slovak: “Abaco”
- Slovenian: “Abaco”
- Spanish: “Islas Ábaco”
- Swedish: “Great Abaco”
- Tagalog: “Kapuluang Abaco”
- Urdu: “جزائر اباکو”
- Yoruba: “Àwọn Erékùṣù Ábákò”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Central Pines Estate and Marsh Harbour.
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