Cat Island
Description: Cat Island is 80 km long and between 2 to 16 km wide. It is the highest islands in the Bahamas
with an elevation reaching 60 m. Cat Island is formed from Pleistocene age carbonate dune deposits that have been converted into an eolian
limestone. During a 1985 expedition to Cat Island, 18 caves and 7 blue holes were visited (Palmer, 1986).
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Cat Island - north half.
Date Taken: July 1992
NASA Photo ID: STS005-37-840
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Cat Island - south half.
Date Taken: November 1982
NASA Photo ID: STS005-37-840
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Principle Inland Blue Holes
Big Fountain
Crown Blue Hole
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Principle Ocean Blue Holes
Anchialine Fauna of Cat Island
| Phylum Arthropoda (arthropods) |
| Subphylum Crustacea (crustaceans) |
| Order Amphipoda (amphipods) |
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| Class Remipedia (remipedes) |
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References:
- Palmer, R.J. 1986. The caves and Blue Holes of Cat Island, Bahamas. Cave Science, 13(2):71-78, 17 maps.
- Palmer, R.J., M. McHale and R. Hartlebury. 1986. Preliminary studies of
speleogenesis on Cat Island, Bahamas. Cave Science, 13(2):79-82, 4 figures, 1 map.
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