The Berry Islands are a chain of islands and a district of the Bahamas, covering about thirty square miles (78 km2) of the northwestern part of the Out Islands.
The Berry Islands consist of about thirty islands and over one hundred small islands or cays, often referred to as "The Fish Bowl of the Bahamas." They have a population of 807 (2010 census),[2] most of whom are on Great Harbour Cay. The islands were settled in 1836 by Governor William Colebrooke with a group of freed slaves.
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The Berry islands are still relatively undeveloped, with two small regional airports and no hotels, but do have townhouses and beach villas for rent for visitors. Most of the islands are uninhabited, but are strikingly beautiful. During the winter season the islands are visited by out-of-town guests and second home residents, but the difficulty of reaching the Berry Islands and the lack of infrastructure keeps things low-key. Due to seasonal residents, the Berry islands can say that they have more resident millionaires per unit area than any other place in the world.[3]
Great Harbour Cay is the most northern and the largest of the Berry Islands. It is eight miles (13 km) long and one and a half miles (2.4 km) wide. The largest port of the Berries is on Great Harbour Cay. It is served by Great Harbour Cay Airport.
berry, islands, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, 2016, learn. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Berry Islands news newspapers books scholar JSTOR May 2016 Learn how and when to remove this template message The Berry Islands are a chain of islands and a district of the Bahamas covering about thirty square miles 78 km2 of the northwestern part of the Out Islands Berry IslandsIslands and Third Scheduled DistrictGreat Harbour Cay offers three horseshoe beachesLocation of the District of the Berry IslandsCoordinates 25 43 N 77 50 W 25 717 N 77 833 W 25 717 77 833CountryBahamasIslandBerry IslandsGovernment TypeDistrict CouncilArea Total78 km2 30 sq mi Population 2022 Total1 016 1 Demographics 2010 Black87 86 White7 81 Other4 21 Time zoneUTC 5 EST Summer DST UTC 4 EDT Area code242The Berry Islands consist of about thirty islands and over one hundred small islands or cays often referred to as The Fish Bowl of the Bahamas They have a population of 807 2010 census 2 most of whom are on Great Harbour Cay The islands were settled in 1836 by Governor William Colebrooke with a group of freed slaves Attractions editThe Berry islands are still relatively undeveloped with two small regional airports and no hotels but do have townhouses and beach villas for rent for visitors Most of the islands are uninhabited but are strikingly beautiful During the winter season the islands are visited by out of town guests and second home residents but the difficulty of reaching the Berry Islands and the lack of infrastructure keeps things low key Due to seasonal residents the Berry islands can say that they have more resident millionaires per unit area than any other place in the world 3 The main attraction is big game fishing Some of the fish that can be found there are billfish tuna grouper tiger fish yellowtail snapper wahoo king mackerel and many more In May Great Harbour Cay is packed with visitors and fishing captains such as Habana Joe who go there for the annual fishing tournament There are also great spots for snorkelling and scuba diving Islands edit nbsp Map of the Berry IslandsGreat Harbour Cay is the most northern and the largest of the Berry Islands It is eight miles 13 km long and one and a half miles 2 4 km wide The largest port of the Berries is on Great Harbour Cay It is served by Great Harbour Cay Airport Chub Cay site of Chub Cay International Airport is the second largest island in the chain and is known as the billfish capital of the Bahamas Little Stirrup Cay is leased by Royal Caribbean International which calls it CocoCay and acts as a private island for tropical activities engaged in by visitors on its cruise ships of the Royal Caribbean and Celebrity Cruises labels Great Stirrup Cay is owned by Norwegian Cruise Line and is used for similar purposes Cistern Cay is a private island located next to Great Harbour Cay Little Whale Cay a private island that was developed as residence by Wallace Groves in the 1930s It is served by the Lt Whale Cay Airport References edit Census population and housing PDF Bahamas Gov Retrieved 17 April 2023 BERRY ISLANDS POPULATION BY SETTLEMENT AND TOTAL NUMBER OF OCCUPIED DWELLINGS 2010 CENSUS Bahamas Department of Statistics One In A Millionaire Yahoo Finance 2014 03 24 Retrieved 10 November 2021 nbsp This Bahamian location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Berry Islands amp oldid 1208778708, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
