What is the relative location of bahamas?
The Bahamas is an archipelagic nation located in the North Atlantic Ocean. It lies to the southeast of the coast of the US state of Florida and to the northeast of Cuba. The Bahamas consists of more than 700 islands, cays, and islets; about 30 of them are inhabited. Its closest neighboring state is Florida. To the southwest lies Cuba; Haiti and other Hispaniola states are to the southwest; and Turks and Caicos Islands to the southeast.