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Atlantic systems ordered. Though it was the first array to be installed, it was last to get the operational shore terminal under Navy command when NAVFAC Eleuthera was commissioned on 1 September 1957. The facility had a complement of 150 officers and enlisted men, a resident Western Electric engineer, some nineteen Pan-American Airway and RCA contractors, and 45 Bahamian employees who supported the facility. NAVFAC Eleuthera was decommissioned on 31 March 1980 after 23 years of service. It was located near Governor's Harbour Airport. The first U.S. Navy women to be assigned to a SOSUS facility were the eleven assigned to NAVFAC Eleuthera in 1972. Seventeen years earlier the Canadian contingent of the joint U.S./Canadian Forces SOSUS facility,
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Ports and marinas open for traffic on Eleuthera include Governor's Harbour, Current Island, Harbour Island & North Eleuthera, Rock Sound, and Spanish Wells. In 2011 several improvements were carried out to the docks at Current Island to improve access for vehicular traffic, including replacement
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recorded a population of 7,999 persons on the island. In 2010, the official census recorded the population as 8,202 spread across 2,718 separate households. The 2010 census stated that the population density of the island was 57.6 persons per square mile. As of 2017 it was stated that the population
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property on the island of Eleuthera and agreed to a development plan for the area with the Bahamian government. Disney spent between $ 250 million and $ 400 million on developing the 700-acre property and donated 190 acres – including the southernmost tip – to the government for a national park. The
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The island was stated to have been agriculturally prosperous in the period from 1950 to 1980. This included a large crop of pineapples for export. When the Bahamas became independent from Britain in 1973, new ownership laws changed the nature of the island economy. Since then the island has become a
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There are 12 primary schools (grades 1–6) on Eleuthera; Deep Creek Primary, Emma E. Cooper Primary, Governor's Harbour Primary, Green Castle Primary, Gregory Town Primary, James Cistern Primary, Current Island Primary, North Eleuthera Primary, P.A. Gibson Primary, Rock Sound Primary, Tarpum Bay
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offer further tourism experiences. Natural attractions include the Glass Window Bridge, Hatchet Bay caves, and Surfer's Beach in the north, and Ocean Hole and Lighthouse Beach at the south end. Preacher's Cave on the north end was home to the Eleutherian Adventurers in the mid-17th century, and
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is a private secondary school in Eleuthera. The Deep Creek Middle School is an independent school on Eleuthera for grades seven to nine. The Cape Eleuthera Institute is a research and summer education institute on the main island. The Haynes Public library is located in Governors Harbour in a
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operated by the U.S. Navy to detect submarines. In 1951 a six-element test array had been placed offshore to demonstrate the system's capability to detect submarines. After successful tests with a U.S. submarine, a functional forty-element array was installed in 1952 as one of a total of nine
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beaches, large outcrops of ancient coral reefs, caves, and other geological features. The island features, among other flora and fauna, 13 catalogued species of native amphibian and reptile species, three of which were listed as endangered in 2000. The main island is home to a 25-acre
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The U.S. Air Force Eastern Test Range (ETR) Range Tracking Station No. 4 was sited at Eleuthera AAFB (ELU AUXILIARY AIR FORCE BASE), supported by contractor employees of the Radio Corporation of America (RCA) and Pan American Airways (PAA) in the 1960s and 1970s. This was used by the
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373:. The topography of the island varies from wide rolling pink sand beaches to large outcrops of ancient coral reefs and the highest elevation point is 200 feet (61 m). The population is approximately 11,000 and the principal economy of the island is tourism. 409:. It is a long and thin island; 180 km (110 miles) long and little more than 1.6 km (1.0 mile) wide at its narrowest. The island has an estimated area of 457.4 square-kilometers, and presents 336 km (210 miles) of coastline. 478:
NASA satellite image, showing New Providence Island to the west, and east of it, the long, narrow island of Eleuthera running north and south (along with its associated Harbour and other small islands), as seen from space in
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Adjacent to the NAVFAC was the original site of the first experimental array and electronics, operated by two Western Electric engineers and a few military personnel, which continued in service as an avenue for experiments.
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Map showing the main island of Eleuthera and its associated smaller islands (Russel, Royal, Harbour, and Windermere Islands and associated Cays), other geographical features, and concentrations of population
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in 1993. Kravitz is a resident of the island and has stated many of his songs were written while on the island. In an October 2020 interview from the island where he had been since the onset of the
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There are three public high schools (grades 7–12) on Eleuthera: North Eleuthera High in Lower Bogue, Central Eleuthera High in North Palmetto Point, and Preston Albury High in Rock Sound.
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Settlements on the island include (north to south) the Bluff, Upper and Lower Bogue, Current, Gregory Town, Alice Town, James Cistern, Governor's Harbour, North and South Palmetto Point,
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for the island was: $ 5756 Bahamian, with a chief human economic activity being tourism, and 6% of the population being involved in fishing, agriculture, or mining.
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announced plans for a $ 30 million upgrade for the Glass Window Bridge. The new bridge will be constructed 18 m (60 feet) west of the existing bridge.
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The name Eleuthera refers both to the single Bahamian island and is also used to refer to its associated chain of small islands, which include
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The island is believed to have been largely unoccupied at the time of the arrival of the first significant number of British settlers, with
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built by sea bottom currents in the shallows stand out in stark contrast to the deep blue of the ocean depths of a thousand feet in the
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Eleuthera Island is one of several within the archipelago surrounded by shallow seas, visible here as light blue. Mosaic patterns of
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Homeward Bound: A History of the Bahama Islands to 1850 with a Definitive Study of Abaco in the American Loyalist Plantation Period
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Homeward Bound: A History of the Bahama Islands to 1850 with a Definitive Study of Abaco in the American Loyalist Plantation Period
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The United States Naval Facility (NAVFAC) Eleuthera, Bahamas was a shore terminus and processing facility for the
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people was found on the island of Eleuthera in the nineteenth century and is now in the collections of the
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Page number and ISBN are for the revised reprint edition from the Genealogical Publishing Company, 2009.
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historical building constructed in 1897; it is the oldest Government Complex on the island.
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and to its associated group of smaller islands. Eleuthera forms a part of the
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gave the island its current name which derives from the feminine form of the
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The possible first settlers of the island were the original population of
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This article is about the Bahamian island. For the medicinal plant, see
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The Early Settlers of the Bahamas and Colonists of North America
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is located in the middle of the main island and has services to
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The island is reached by sea and by air links from the rest of
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property is expected to be open for visitors on June 6, 2024.
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The topography of the island varies, including wide rolling
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The island inspired a song named "Eleutheria" (freedom) by
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The Government enhances Public Infrastructure in Eleuthera
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In 1992 the island was severely damaged by the category 5
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on its western edge and its eastern coastline faces the
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colonists (who had come together the previous year in
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Riley, Sandra (foreword by Thelma B. Peters) (2000).
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Riley, Sandra (foreword by Thelma B. Peters) (2000).
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85% black (esp. West African), 12% European, 3% other
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Archived from 688:Beach scene at Current Island, Eleuthera 625:with its unusual pink sandy beaches and 561:Gregory Town, Eleuthera in December 2012 365:, it lies 80 km (50 miles) east of 337:) refers both to a single island in the 1949: 1947: 842: 794:Canadian Forces Station (CFS) Shelburne 2084:"Lenny Kravitz's Guide to Immortality" 1821: 1785: 1749: 1057: 1055: 1053: 886: 884: 882: 880: 878: 876: 874: 2204:"The Commonwealth of Bahamas History" 1137: 1135: 1133: 138:457.4 km (176.6 sq mi) 7: 2082:Pappademas, Alex (October 1, 2020). 1925:McKenzie, Natario (13 August 2021). 1438:McKenzie, Natario (March 10, 2021). 798:Women's Royal Canadian Naval Service 455:or ritual seat that was made by the 2134:"Articles and Orders, Bahamas 1647" 1353:(Report). New York City, New York: 696:. Three airports serve the island. 613:The largest of the settlements are 1716:. The Official Site of the Bahamas 1499:. The Official Site of The Bahamas 1375:Tribou, Richard (March 11, 2019). 649:recent excavations have uncovered 34:. For the ancient Greek city, see 25: 2115:"Eleuthera Island: History Notes" 2005:Commander Undersea Surveillance. 1477:. The Commonwealth of The Bahamas 1324:. Nassau, Bahamas. Archived from 1316:"Storm Ravaged Island in Bahamas" 1314:Jonathan Freedland (1992-09-02). 1090:"Leon Levy Native Plant Preserve" 789:Sound Surveillance System (SOSUS) 2235: 2035:. IUSS/Caesar Alumni Association 1957:. IUSS/CAESAR Alumni Association 1628:. Ministry of Education, Bahamas 1521:. The Bahamas Government Website 1221:Bethell, A. Talbot (June 2009). 1000:"Eleuthera & Harbour Island" 633:, Spanish Wells and Rock Sound. 495:. These settlers, known as the " 307: 851:"Census population and housing" 738:In 2021, the Minister of Works 2180:. Miami, FL: Island Research. 1694:. The Cape Eleuthera Institute 397:. Eleuthera forms part of the 1: 2202:BHC Staff (January 6, 2017). 918:Heath, Chris (16 June 2009). 796:, included five women of the 722:former district of Rock Sound 523:popular tourist destination. 1190:Ahrens, Wolfgang P. (2015). 1164:BM Staff (January 6, 2017). 130:Eleuthera and Harbour Island 2054:Norment, Lynn (June 1994). 2009:. U.S. Navy. Archived from 1626:"Eleuthera Primary Schools" 343:Commonwealth of the Bahamas 2279: 1672:. Deep Creek Middle School 980:The Islands of The Bahamas 720:. Its name comes from the 702:Governor's Harbour Airport 436: 154:1.6 km (0.99 mi) 29: 1828:: CS1 maint: unfit URL ( 1792:: CS1 maint: unfit URL ( 1756:: CS1 maint: unfit URL ( 920:"Lenny Kravitz interview" 567:Government of the Bahamas 171: 146:180 km (112 mi) 58: 46: 1891:"Bahamas Ports of Entry" 1259:"Caribbean: The Bahamas" 894:. 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Index

Eleuthera Island
Eleuthero
Eleutherae

25°06′N 76°08′W / 25.100°N 76.133°W / 25.100; -76.133
Bahamas
North Atlantic Ocean
Bahamas
Districts
North Eleuthera
Central Eleuthera
South Eleuthera
Time zone
EST
UTC-5
DST
EDT
UTC-4
ISO code
/ɪˈljθərə/
archipelagic state
Commonwealth of the Bahamas
Great Bahama Bank
Greek
ἐλεύθερος
Nassau
Great Bahama Bank
Harbour Island
Windermere Island
Man Island

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