Elbow Cay

Elbow Cay is a five-mile-long cay in the of The Bahamas. Originally populated by British loyalists fleeing the newly independent United States of America in 1785, it has survived on fishing, boat building, and salvage.
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: eight-mile-long (13-kilometre) cay in the Abaco Islands of the Bahamas
  • Also known as: Little Guana Cay” and “Little Guano Cay

Places of Interest

Highlights include Anna Cay.

Islet
Anna's Cay is a small cay in the chain of the Bahamas. It resides at the entrance to the North End public dock on Elbow Cay near Hopetown. The cay is home to one residence which is colored pink.

Elbow Cay

Latitude
26.5278° or 26° 31′ 40″ north
Longitude
-76.9681° or 76° 58′ 5″ west
Elevation
30 feet (9 metres)
Open location code
77R5G2HJ+4Q
Geo­Names ID
3572438
Wiki­data ID
Q10769613
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Elbow Cay” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: Elbow Cay
  • Czech: Elbow Cay
  • Dutch: Elbow Cay
  • French: Elbow Cay
  • German: Elbow Cay
  • Portuguese: Elbow Cay
  • Slovenian: Elbow Cay
  • Spanish: Cayo Elbow
  • Swedish: Elbow Cay

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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Elbow Cay”. Photo: Rüdiger Stehn, CC BY-SA 2.0.