The Lucayan Archipelago , also known as the Bahamian Archipelago , is an island group comprising the Commonwealth of The Bahamas and the British Overseas Territory of the Turks and Caicos Islands . The archipelago is in the western North Atlantic Ocean , north of Cuba and the other Antillean Islands , and east and south-east of Florida .
4-530: Lucayan may refer to: Lucayan Archipelago , comprising the Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands Lucayan people , the original inhabitants of the Bahamas before the arrival of Europeans Lucayan language , a dialect of the extinct Taíno language Lucayan Formation , a geologic formation in the Bahamas a resident of Lucaya, Bahamas Topics referred to by
8-601: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Lucayan Archipelago William Keegan writes: "Modern political considerations aside, the islands form a single archipelago with common geological, ecological, and cultural roots." Though part of the West Indies , the Lucayan Archipelago is not located on the Caribbean Sea . The Mouchoir Bank ,
12-605: The Silver Bank , and the Navidad Bank are a submerged continuation of the archipelago, to the southeast of the Turks and Caicos Islands. Mouchoir Bank is disputed between the Turks and Caicos Islands and Dominican Republic; Silver Bank and Navidad Bank are part of the Dominican Republic . The Lucayan Archipelago was named for the original native Lucayan people . Julian Granberry and Gary Vescelius suggest
16-410: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Lucayan . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lucayan&oldid=669329740 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
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