Key facts
- Country
- The Bahamas
- Island
- Cat Island
- Type
- District Council
- Chief councillor
- Kevin Brown
- Deputy chief councillor
- Alvin Thurston
- Island administrator
- Neil Campbell
- Total
- 389 km (150 sq mi)
- Density
- 3.9/km (10/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( EST )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- island
- Part of
- The Bahamas
- Country
- The Bahamas
- Located in
- The Bahamas
- Population
- 1570
- Area
- 388
- Elevation
- 63
- Time zone
- UTC−05:00
- Body of water
- Caribbean Sea
- Highest point
- Mount Alvernia
- Image
- Cat Island, Bahamas.JPG
- Width
- 21.9
- Length
- 76.8
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- Category:Cat Island, Bahamas
- Commons category
- Cat Island
- inception
- 1999-00-00
- located in/on physical feature
- Lucayan Archipelago
- twinned administrative body
- Richton Park
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Encyclopedic overview
Cat Island is located in the Bahamas, and is one of its districts. Cat Island also has the nation's highest point, Mount Alvernia (formerly known as Como Hill). It rises to 63 metres (207 ft) and is topped by a monastery called The Hermitage. This assembly of buildings was erected by the Franciscan "Brother Jerome" (John Hawes).
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cat Island” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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