Elbow Cay
Elbow Cay is an five-mile-long 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.Photo: Dmadeo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Rüdiger Stehn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Photo: Rüdiger Stehn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Notable Places in the Area
Elbow Cay
- Type: Island
- Description: An eight-mile-long (13-kilometre) cay in the Abaco Islands of the Bahamas
- Category: landform
- Location: Hope Town, Bahamas, Caribbean, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
26.5278° or 26° 31' 40" northLongitude
-76.9681° or 76° 58' 5" westElevation
9 metres (30 feet)Open Location Code
77R5G2HJ+4QGeoNames ID
3572438Wikidata ID
Q10769613Elbow Cay Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Cebuano: Elbow Cay
- Czech: Elbow Cay
- Dutch: Elbow Cay
- French: Elbow Cay
- German: Elbow Cay
- Portuguese: Elbow Cay
- Spanish: Cayo Elbow
- Swedish: Elbow Cay
- Little Guana Cay
- Little Guano Cay
Other Places Named Elbow Cay
Localities in the Area
- Hope TownTown
- North EndVillage
- Hope Town PointLocality
- Marsh HarbourTown
- Central Pines EstateNeighbourhood, 12 km west
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipdia page Elbow Cay. Photo: Rüdiger Stehn, CC BY-SA 2.0.