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  2. Xanadu Beach Resort & Marina - Wikipedia

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    Xanadu Beach Resort & Marina. The Xanadu Beach Resort & Marina, also known as the Xanadu Princess Resort & Marina, is a resort and marina on the island of Grand Bahama in the Bahamas. Built in 1968, the resort was purchased by Howard Hughes in 1972 and was for several years the most celebrated resort in the Caribbean and served as a hideaway ...

  3. History of the Bahamas - Wikipedia

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    Freeport, on the island of Grand Bahama, was established as a free trade zone in the 1950s. Bank secrecy combined with the lack of corporate and income taxes led to a rapid growth in the offshore financial sector during the postwar years. Modern political development began after World War II. The first political parties were formed in the 1950s.

  4. Bell Island (The Bahamas) - Wikipedia

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    Bell Island (The Bahamas) Bell Island is a private island inside the Exuma Cays Land and Sea Park, in the island archipelago of the Exumas, which is in turn part of the Lucayan Archipelago. As of 2021, it was a territory of The Bahamas. The island has a surface of 349 acres. [1] Sometimes the island is called Big Bell Island, [2] and it is not ...

  5. West End, Bahamas - Wikipedia

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    West End (also referred to as "Settlement Point" [1] [2]) is the oldest town and westernmost settlement on the Bahamian island of Grand Bahama. It is the current capital of Grand Bahama, contrary to the popular belief that Freeport City is the capital of the island. [3] It is also the third largest settlement in The Bahamas. [4]

  6. Grand Bahama - Wikipedia

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    Grand Bahama is the northernmost of the islands of the Bahamas, with the town of West End located 56 nautical miles (64 mi; 104 km) east of Palm Beach, Florida. [2] It is the third largest island in the Bahamas island chain of approximately 700 islands and 2,400 cays. The island is roughly 530 square miles (1,400 km 2) in area and approximately ...

  7. Old Bahama Channel - Wikipedia

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    The strait/channel is located off the Atlantic coast of north-central and northeastern mainland and the Sabana-Camagüey Archipelago of Cuba, and south of the Great Bahama Bank of the Bahamas. It is approximately 100 miles (161 km) long and 13.7 miles (22 km) wide at its narrowest place. It divides the northernmost bank of the Caribbean islands ...

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