{"id":18574,"date":"2016-09-08T15:32:31","date_gmt":"2016-09-08T19:32:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/somosorlando.com\/?p=18574"},"modified":"2016-09-08T15:34:24","modified_gmt":"2016-09-08T19:34:24","slug":"interesting-facts-about-the-bahamas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/somosorlando.com\/es\/interesting-facts-about-the-bahamas\/","title":{"rendered":"Interesting Facts about the Bahamas"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pink Sands Beach, Harbour Island<\/h4>\n

The pink sand of Pink Sands Beach, on Harbour Island the Bahamas, comes from Foraminifera, a microscopic marine animal with a bright pink or red shell.<\/p>\n

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Mount Alvernia, Cat Island<\/h4>\n

Mount Alvernia, on Cat Island, rises 63 metres in altitude and is the highest peak in the Bahamas.<\/p>\n

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Underwater cave systems<\/ins><\/ins><\/h4>\n

During the glacial period, the sea level was as low as 250 feet below its present level. During this time, the limestone that forms the islands was eroded by acid rain, which ended up cutting hundreds of systems of vertical and horizontal caves that are now below the islands.<\/p>\n

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The name \u201cBahamas\u201d<\/h4>\n

The name \u201cBahamas\u201d comes from the Spanish words \u201cbaja mar\u201d, meaning shallow water or sea.<\/p>\n

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The indigenous people<\/ins><\/h4>\n

The first people that inhabited the island were called the Tainos.<\/p>\n

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Dean\u2019s Blue Hole, West of C<\/ins>larence Town, on Long Island<\/h4>\n

Plunging 202 metres into the sea, it\u2019s the deepest blue hole in the world.<\/p>\n

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Lucayan National Park, Grand Bahama Island<\/h4>\n

The longest (known) underwater cave system in the world can be found in Lucayan National Park, on Grand Bahama Island.<\/p>\n

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Pink Sands Beach, Harbour Island The pink sand of Pink Sands Beach, on Harbour Island the Bahamas, comes from Foraminifera, a microscopic marine animal with a bright pink or red shell.     Mount Alvernia, Cat Island Mount Alvernia, on Cat Island, rises 63 metres in altitude and is the highest peak in the Bahamas.     Underwater cave systems During the glacial period, the sea level was as low as 250 feet below its present level. During this time, the limestone that forms the islands was eroded by acid rain, which ended up cutting hundreds of systems of vertical […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[72,39],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/somosorlando.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18574"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/somosorlando.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/somosorlando.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/somosorlando.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/somosorlando.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18574"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/somosorlando.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18574\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18583,"href":"https:\/\/somosorlando.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18574\/revisions\/18583"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/somosorlando.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/somosorlando.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/somosorlando.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}