Eleuthera
Description: Eleuthera is approximately 150 km long from north to south and, except for the northern and southern ends, is an average of 3-5 km wide. The countryside primarily consists of rolling hills and valleys studded with tranquil lakes and woodlands. The coasts alternate between high steep cliffs and beautify beaches.
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Eleuthera. Eleuthera Island, (24.5N, 76.0W) Bahamas Island Group, is one of several within the archipelago surrounded by shallow seas, visible here as light blue. Mosaic patterns of sand waves
built by sea bottom currents in the shallows stand out in stark contrast to the deep blue of the ocean depths of two thousand meters in the Exuma Sound.
Date Taken: 14 April 1981
NASA Photo ID: STS001-12-322
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Principle Inland Blue Holes
Hatchet Bay Cave
Rock Sound Blue Hole
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Anchialine Fauna of Eleuthera
| Phylum Arthropoda (arthropods) |
| Subphylum Crustacea (crustaceans) |
| Subclass Copepoda (copepods) |
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| Subclass Ostracoda (ostracods) |
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| Subclass Eumalacostraca (eumalacostracans) |
| Phylum Chordata (chordates) |
| Class Osteichthyes (bony fish) |
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