!!!Bahamas, The: Geography ||Location|chain of islands in the North Atlantic Ocean, southeast of Florida, northeast of Cuba ||Geographic Coordinates|24 15 N, 76 00 W[{GoogleMap location='24.25,-76.0' zoom='4'}] ||Area |''total: ''13,880 sq km\\''land: ''10,010 sq km\\''water: ''3,870 sq km__\\''We are unable to verify those figures from Factbook, since the 6 main sources we used for checking give different figures as follows:\\[Factbook|https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook]: 13880\\ [DBpedia|http://dbpedia.org]: 13878\\ [Geoname|http://www.geonames.org]: 13940\\ [Infoplease|http://www.infoplease.com]: 13940\\ [Britannica|http://www.britannica.com]: 13939\\ [Wolfram|http://www.wolframalpha.com]: 13880''__\\__Attempted Explanation__: Please help us to try to explain the discrepancies by sending us helpful information to [office@global-geography.org|mailto:office@global-geography.org] ||Land boundaries|0 km ||Coastline|3,542 km ||Elevation Extremes|''lowest point: ''Atlantic Ocean 0 m\\''highest point: ''Mount Alvernia on Cat Island 63 m ||Highest Mountains| ||Terrain|long, flat coral formations with some low rounded hills ||Natural Hazards|hurricanes and other tropical storms cause extensive flood and wind damage ||Natural Resource|salt, aragonite, timber, arable land ||Land Use|''arable land: ''0.65%\\''permanent crops: ''0.29%\\''other: ''99.06% (2011) ||Climate|tropical marine; moderated by warm waters of Gulf Stream ||Irrigated Land|10 sq km (2003) ||Renewable Water Resources|0.02 cu km (2011) ||Environment_CurrentIssues|coral reef decay; solid waste disposal ||Environment - international agreements|''party to: ''Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands\\''signed, but not ratified: ''none of the selected agreements ||Large Cities|__Due to difference in city rankings taken from two data sources we are listing here both lists :__\\According to [Wolfram|http://www.wolframalpha.com]: Nassau; Freeport; West End; Coopers; Marsh Harbour\\According to [Geonames|http://www.geonames.org]: Nassau; Lucaya; Freeport; West End; Coopers\\\\\__Attempted Explanation:__ Please help us to try to explain the discrepancies by sending us helpful information to [office@global-geography.org|mailto:office@global-geography.org] \\[Important Cities|Geography/America/Bahamas,_The/Geography/Important_Cities] ||Geography-note|strategic location adjacent to US and Cuba; extensive island chain of which 30 are inhabited