San Salvador Island, San Salvador, Bahamas

San Salvador Island

San Salvador, Bahamas

San Salvador Island in the Bahamas is widely regarded as the site of Christopher Columbus's first landfall in the New World on October 12, 1492, when he named it San Salvador after spotting it following his voyage from Spain, though its original Lucayan name was Guanahani.

Previously known as Watling Island, this 163-square-kilometer coral island features shallow turquoise lagoons like Graham Harbour and Riding Rock, fringed by white-sand beaches perfect for snorkeling amid reefs teeming with tropical fish, alongside quiet cays, inland blue holes, and sparse settlements such as Riding Rock and Cockburn Town.

Remote and undeveloped with a population under 1,000, it offers bonefishing, diving at sites like the Columbus monument cross on Long Bay, and eco-adventures exploring Lucayan caves and trails, preserving its historical and natural allure as one of the Bahamas' Out Islands.

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The Bahamas

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