| The Bahamas (/bəˈhɑːməz/), known officially as the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, is a country within the Lucayan Archipelago. The archipelagic consists of more than 700 islands, cays, and islets in the Atlantic Ocean, and is located north of Cuba and Haiti and the Dominican, northwest of the Turks and Caicos Islands, southeast of the United States state of Florida, and east of the Florida Keys. The Royal Bahamas Defence Force describes the Bahamas territory as encompassing 180,000 sq miles of ocean space. | | The Bahamas (/bəˈhɑːməz/), known officially as the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, is a country within the Lucayan Archipelago. The archipelagic consists of more than 700 islands, cays, and islets in the Atlantic Ocean, and is located north of Cuba and Haiti and the Dominican, northwest of the Turks and Caicos Islands, southeast of the United States state of Florida, and east of the Florida Keys. The Royal Bahamas Defence Force describes the Bahamas territory as encompassing 180,000 sq miles of ocean space. |