Atlantic OceanBahamas
25°34′N 77°45′W
Berry Islands
Part of Lucayan Archipelago
The Berry Islands are a chain of islands and a district of The Bahamas, covering about twelve square miles (31 km2).
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Overview
The Berry Islands are a chain of islands and a district of The Bahamas, covering about twelve square miles (31 km2). 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 1,002 (2022 census), 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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Census, cataloged
- Major islands2
- Minor islands2
- Islets3
- Rocks & skerries6
Major islands
Great Stirrup Cay
- Area
- 1.1 km²
- High point
- 19 m
Great Stirrup Cay is a 268-acre (108 ha) island that is part of the Berry Islands in the Bahamas. Norwegian Cruise Line purchased the island from the Belcher Oil Company in 1977 and developed it into a private island for their cruise ship passengers.
Whale Cay
- Area
- 3.4 km²
- High point
- 21 m
Minor islands
Little Stirrup Cay
- Area
- 0.47 km²
- High point
- 13 m
Cat Cay
- Area
- 0.16 km²
- High point
- 5 m
Islets
- Goat Cay19 m · 0.09 km²
- Pigeon Cay6 m · 0.01 km²
- Unnamed island2 m · 0.2 ha
Rocks & skerries
- Harbour Rock3 m · 0.7 ha
- Target Rock0.1 ha
- Snake Cay<0.1 ha
- Unnamed island<0.1 ha
- Unnamed island<0.1 ha
- Unnamed island<0.1 ha
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Comparative heights
- Whale Cay: 21 m
- Great Stirrup Cay: 19 m
- Goat Cay: 19 m
- Little Stirrup Cay: 13 m
- Pigeon Cay: 6 m
- Cat Cay: 5 m
- Harbour Rock: 3 m
To the same scale
Islands by area
| Whale Cay | 3.4 km² |
| Great Stirrup Cay | 1.1 km² |
| Little Stirrup Cay | 0.47 km² |
| Cat Cay | 0.16 km² |
| Goat Cay | 0.09 km² |
| Pigeon Cay | 0.01 km² |
| Harbour Rock | 0.7 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.2 ha |
| Target Rock | 0.1 ha |
| Snake Cay | <0.1 ha |
| Unnamed island | <0.1 ha |
| Unnamed island | <0.1 ha |
| Unnamed island | <0.1 ha |
Photographs
Berry Island Anchorage
Great Harbour Cay, one of the three horseshoe beaches.
No machine-readable author provided. Patrickneil assumed (based on copyright claims). / CC BY-SA 3.0
Saddleback Cay
On Berry Islands Photo Credit: Caleb Spiegel/USFWS
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Northeast Region / Public domain
Sue Abbott, Bird Studies Canada, scanning for birds at Berry Islands. Photo Credit: Caleb Spiegel/USFWS
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Northeast Region / Public domain
Beach at Great Stirrup Cay, Bahamas.
Sources
Facts
Photographs
- Berry Island Anchorage - panoramio. dmtilley / CC BY 3.0
- Great Harbor Cay horseshoe. No machine-readable author provided. Patrickneil assumed (based on copyright claims). / CC BY-SA 3.0
- SaddlebackCay. Tim Horton Tim Horton / CC BY-SA 2.5
- American Oystercatchers (2 adults, 1 juvenile) (6771541149). U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Northeast Region / Public domain
- Scanning for birds (6771630703). U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Northeast Region / Public domain
- Greatstrirrupcay. Ekem / CC BY-SA 3.0
- WV banner Berry Islands Great Stirrup Cay lighthouse. User516 / CC0