Rose Island, Bahamas Explained

Rose Island
Location:Atlantic Ocean
Map:Bahamas
Coordinates:25.0875°N -77.2194°W
Archipelago:Lucayan Archipelago
Country:Bahamas
Timezone1:EST
Utc Offset1:-5
Timezone1 Dst:EDT
Utc Offset1 Dst:-4
Iso Code:BS-NP

Rose Island is a small island in the Bahamas that lies 30NaN0 east of Paradise Island, which lies directly off of New Providence Island. The island has no formal residential infrastructure and no roads. The center 1sqmi was owned by Claude Turner for around 36 years up until 2005. The largest mass of the island is made up of a shallow inland lagoon in the center of the island. The highest elevation on the island is 52order=flipNaNorder=flip. The island has a thin peninsula which juts out 7miles east.

The island was home to a pineapple plantation centuries ago.

The island's coast was the filming location for the crash-landing of a Vulcan Bomber in the 1965 James Bond film Thunderball.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rose Island, New Providence Island, Bahamas . www.imdb.com . IMDb.com, Inc. . 5 February 2014.