Little Farmer's Cay
Little Farmer's Cay is an island in the Bahamas, located in the district of Black Point. The island had a population of 66 at the 2010 census.[1]
Little Farmer's Cay The location of Little Farmer's Cay within the Bahamas | |
Geography | |
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Location | Atlantic Ocean |
Coordinates | 23.9580°N 76.3224°W |
Archipelago | Lucayan Archipelago |
Administration | |
Demographics | |
Population | 66 (2010) |
Additional information | |
Time zone | |
• Summer (DST) | |
ISO code | BS-BP |
Each year, the island hosts the Farmer's Cay First Friday in February Festival,[2] a sailing regatta.
Butterfly species found on the island include the fulvous hairstreak (Electrostrymon angelia), scrub hairstreak (Strymon columella), martial hairstreak (Strymon martialis), long-tailed skipper (Urbanus proteus), broken dash skipper (Wallengrenia misera)[3] and the Gulf fritillary (Agraulis vanillae insularis).[4]
References
- "Exuma and Cays Population by Settlement and Total Number of Occupied Dwellings: 2010 Census" (PDF). Government of the Bahamas. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
- Beringer, Robert (March 2015). "The Many Fs of Little Farmers Cay". Sail. Vol. 46, no. 3. Active Interest Media. p. 96. ISSN 0036-2700.
- Porteous, R.E., ed. (1977). Annals of Carnegie Museum. Vol. 46. p. 268. OCLC 300866996.
- Zoologica: Scientific Contributions of the New York Zoological Society. Vol. 48. New York: New York Zoological Society. 1963. p. 88. OCLC 263595877.
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