This image shows Grand Bahama Island, the Little Bahama Bank, and the western tip of the Abacos. When Columbus visited this island in 1492, he named it Gran Bajamar (Great Shallows). Just north of the main island is Great Sale Cay along with smaller cays in the midst of numerous reefs and sand bars that make up the Little Bahama Bank. Although West End and Freeport are popular tourist destinations, the eastern half of the island has many uninhabitated beaches with the white sand and crystal-clear turquoise water for which the Bahamas are famous.

The area covered by this image is approximately 99x67 miles.