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    Elbow Cay

    26°32′N 76°58′W

    0-kilometre) cay in the Abaco Islands 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.

    Hopetown Lighthouse, Elbow Cay, Abacos, Bahamas
    Hopetown Lighthouse, Elbow Cay, Abacos, Bahamas

    Dmadeo / CC BY-SA 4.0

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    26°32′N 76°58′W

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    Overview

    Elbow Cay is a five-mile-long (8.0-kilometre) cay in the Abaco Islands 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. Its main village of Hope Town surrounds a protected harbor with a noted red-and-white-striped one-hundred-and-twenty-foot-tall (37-metre) lighthouse built in 1863. On September 1, 2019, Elbow Cay took a direct hit from Category 5 Hurricane Dorian, with sustained winds of 185 mph (295 km/h). The lighthouse survived.

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    Also in Abaco Islands

    Also in Lucayan Archipelago

    Also in The Bahamas

    Also in Caribbean

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    • Geometry, areas and high points: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Copernicus GLO-30, via Talus.
    • Talus
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    • Wikipedia

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