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Geography | |
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Location | Atlantic Ocean 385 km (239 mi) Southeast of Nassau |
Coordinates | 22°21′N 74°1′W / 22.350°N 74.017°W |
Archipelago | Bahamas |
Area | 389 km2 (150 sq mi) |
Administration | |
Bahamas | |
Demographics | |
Population | 692 [1] (2022) |
Acklins is an island and district of the Bahamas.
It is one of a group of islands arranged along a large, shallow lagoon called the Bight of Acklins, of which the largest are Crooked Island (200 km2 or 76 sq mi) in the north and Acklins (310 km2 or 120 sq mi) in the southeast, and the smaller are Long Cay (once known as Fortune Island, (21 km2 or 8 sq mi)) in the northwest, and Castle Island in the south.