Lucayan Archipelago

Lucayan Archipelago
Archipelago
Location within the Caribbean
Coordinates: 23°44′N 75°22′W / 23.74°N 75.37°W / 23.74; -75.37
Continent	North America
Subregion	Caribbean
Countries and territories	2  Bahamas  Turks and Caicos Islands (United Kingdom)
Area
• Total	14,308 km2 (5,524 sq mi)
Population  (2016)
• Total	443,000
• Density	24.6/km2 (64/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Bahamian, Turks Islander, Caicos Islander
Time zone	UTC−05:00 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−04:00 (EDT)

The Lucayan Archipelago (named for the original native Lucayan people), also known as the Bahamian Archipelago, is an island group comprising the Commonwealth of The Bahamas and the British Overseas Territory of the Turks and Caicos Islands. The archipelago is in the western North Atlantic Ocean, north of Cuba and the other Antillean Islands, and east and south-east of Florida.

William Keegan writes: "Modern political considerations aside, the islands form a single archipelago with common geological, ecological, and cultural roots."^[1] Though part of the West Indies, the Lucayan Archipelago is not located on the Caribbean Sea.