Andros

Beach on South Andros Island
Location in the Bahamas
Geography
Location	Atlantic Ocean
Coordinates	24°26′N 77°57′W  /  24.433°N 77.950°W  / 24.433; -77.950
Archipelago	The Bahamas
Major islands	North Andros , Mangrove Cay , South Andros
Area	5,957 km 2 (2,300 sq mi)
Length	167 km (103.8 mi)
Width	64 km (39.8 mi)
Administration
Bahamas
Largest settlement	Andros Town (pop. 2,318)
Demographics
Population	7,800
Pop. density	1.31/km 2 (3.39/sq mi)
Ethnic groups	Blacks 85%, Whites 12%, Asian and Hispanic 3%

Andros Island is an archipelago in the Bahamas . It is the largest of the 26 inhabited Bahamian Islands. The land area of Andros has hundreds of small islets and cays connected by mangrove estuaries and tidal swamp lands. There are three major islands? North Andros , Mangrove Cay , and South Andros . It is 104 miles (167 km) long by at its widest 40 miles (64 km) wide.

The Andros Barrier Reef ^[1] is the world's third longest after Australia's Great Barrier Reef and the Central American Belize Barrier Reef. The island is home to the world's largest collection of Blue Holes . ^[2]

Andros is known in the Bahamas by two nicknames, "The Sleeping Giant" and "The Big Yard."

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