ECONOMICS (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -The Lucayan Archipelago (named for the original native Lucayan people ), also known as the Bahama Archipelago, is an island group comprising the Commonwealth of The Bahamas and the British Overseas Territory of the Turks and Caicos Islands.

Detailed explanation-2: -The West Indies, which includes the Antilles and the Lucayan Archipelago.

Detailed explanation-3: -The West Indies is a region of the North Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean that includes the island countries and surrounding waters of three major archipelagos: the Antilles, which consists of the Greater Antilles and the Lesser Antilles, as well as the Lucayan Archipelago.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Bahamas is an archipelago of nearly 700 coral islands. Around 30 of the islands are inhabited. The Bahamas sits in the West Atlantic Ocean, 100 kilometres south-east of Florida in the United States and 80 kilometres north-east of Cuba. The islands are generally flat and low-lying.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Bahamas is a country in the northwestern West Indies, located 80 km (50 mi) south-east of the coast of Florida (USA) and north of Cuba. The Caribbean islands group consists of around 700 islands and islets, and more than 2, 000 cays (coral reefs). Only about 30 islands are inhabited.