Current Island
Current Island is located in Bahamas
Current Island
Current Island
The location of Current Island within the Bahamas
Geography
LocationAtlantic Ocean
Coordinates25°21′48″N 76°48′54″W / 25.3633°N 76.8149°W / 25.3633; -76.8149
ArchipelagoLucayan Archipelago
Administration
Demographics
Population38 (2010)
Additional information
Time zone
 • Summer (DST)
ISO codeBS-NE

Current Island is an island in the Bahamas, located in the district of North Eleuthera. The island had a population of 38 at the 2010 census.[1] The island is separated from the island of North Eleuthera by a channel known as the Current Cut, which is a site used for diving.[2]

Bird species found on the island include the Bahama swallow (callichelidon cyaneoviridis), black-whiskered vireo (vireosylva calidris barbaiula), the Bahama bananaquit (coereba bahamensis)[3] the Bahama ground dove (columbigallina passerina bahamensis),[4] and the Bahaman bullfinch (pyrrhulagra violacea).[5]

References

  1. ^ "North Eleuthera Population by Settlement and Total Number of Occupied Dwellings: 2010 CENSUS" (PDF). Government of the Bahamas. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  2. ^ Gross, George (27 May 2016). "North Eleuthera Scuba Diving Conditions and Forecast: June 2016". Coastal Angler. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  3. ^ Hellmayr, Charles E. (1935). Catalogue of the Birds of the Americas and Adjacent Islands. Vol. XIII, Part VIII. Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History. pp. 80, 149–50, 312. OCLC 923983070.
  4. ^ Hellmayr, Charles E.; Conover, Boardman (1942). Catalogue of the Birds of the Americas and Adjacent Islands. Vol. XIII, Part I. Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History. pp. 530-1. OCLC 923982953.
  5. ^ Hellmayr, Charles E. (1938). Catalogue of the Birds of the Americas and Adjacent Islands. Vol. XIII, Part XI. Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History. p. 160. OCLC 173260056.


Categories