Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX (CC BY 4.0). Outline and points © OpenStreetMap contributors / Natural Earth. North up.
In numbers
263km²
Area
131km
Coastline
38m
Highest point
323
People
29°C
Warmest sea
September
672km
To the mainland
When to go to Crooked Island
Best for the beach from December to April.
The sea is warmest in September (29 °C) and coolest in February (25 °C). You can swim comfortably all year (21 °C or more).
Averages 1991–2020. Sea: NOAA OISST, the water within 35 km of the coast. Air, rain and sun: NASA POWER. Best months weigh warm afternoons (23–30 °C), sea of 24 °C or more and few wet days.
Island and district, part of a group of Bahamian islands
Crooked Island is an island in Bahamas. It covers 263 km², with 131 km of coastline. Its highest point rises to 38 m. About 323 people live on it. The nearest mainland is 672 km away.
Getting there
- Colonel Hill Airport (CRI)airport on the island, with scheduled flightsCar hire at PLS airport (Providenciales)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- 672 km from the mainlanddistance to the nearest continental coast
- From December to Aprilbest months to go (from 30 years of averages)
Plan the trip
Ferries, stays and things to do
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On the island
What you find on Crooked Island.
- 1named peaksColonel Hill
- 1hotels, guesthouses and apartments
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit, inside the island's outline. A low number may only mean nobody has mapped it yet.
Cross-checked with our atlases
Crooked Island in our other atlases
Everything Coastya, Peakyas, Lakeyas and Cascadyas know about what lies inside Crooked Island, each with its own numbers.
1lakeLakeyas
Largest lake
10.2km²
Atwood Creek
according to Lakeyas
Warmest lake
27.9°C
Atwood Creek
surface water, warmest month · according to Lakeyas
1 lakes
on Lakeyas, the lake atlas
- Atwood Creek10.2km²
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The shape of the land.
On average the island stands 4 m above the sea. 100 % of it is below 200 m.
- 100 %0–50 m
Share of the island's area in each altitude band, from the Copernicus DEM (30 m, read at 30–240 m on large islands).
Size, for real
Next to islands you may know.
20 km
All outlines drawn to the same scale (Natural Earth and OpenStreetMap).
Towns on the island
- Colonel Hill240 people
Month by month
The weather on the island.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afternoon high (°C) | 25 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 27 | 26 |
| Night low (°C) | 24 | 24 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 26 | 25 |
| Sea (°C) | 26 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 26 |
| Rain (mm) | 28 | 20 | 19 | 33 | 63 | 47 | 35 | 44 | 55 | 99 | 67 | 34 |
| Wet days | 7 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 8 |
| Sun h/day | 6.9 | 8.1 | 8.9 | 9.5 | 8.6 | 9.2 | 9.6 | 9.5 | 8.3 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 |
| Wind (km/h) | 24 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 20 | 23 | 22 | 19 | 21 | 24 | 25 |
Averages 1991–2020 for the ~55 km NASA POWER cell over the island; the sea from NOAA OISST.
Recent years
Warmer and cooler years at sea.
Each month's sea temperature compared with its 1991–2020 average, in degrees.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | +0.3 | +0.5 | ±0.0 | +0.9 | +0.8 | +0.3 | +0.7 | +0.2 | +0.3 | +0.4 | +0.3 | +0.5 |
| 2021 | +0.2 | +0.6 | +0.4 | +0.3 | +0.2 | −0.3 | −0.2 | ±0.0 | +0.5 | +0.3 | +1.0 | +1.1 |
| 2022 | +1.1 | +0.8 | +0.8 | +0.6 | +0.5 | +0.4 | +0.3 | +0.2 | +0.4 | +0.6 | +1.0 | +1.0 |
| 2023 | +1.1 | +0.8 | +0.6 | +0.8 | +1.0 | +0.7 | +1.0 | +1.1 | +1.0 | +1.1 | +1.1 | +1.0 |
| 2024 | +0.8 | +0.5 | +0.7 | +0.5 | +0.8 | +0.9 | +1.0 | +0.7 | +1.0 | +1.1 | +0.2 | +0.1 |
| 2025 | +0.2 | +0.5 | +0.4 | +0.1 | +0.1 | +0.2 | +0.3 | +0.5 | +0.8 | +0.5 | +0.1 | +0.9 |
+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual
Nearby
More islands nearby.
Acklins
Bahamas457 km²6 m42 km away
Long IslandBahamas413 km²43 m108 km away
Rum CayBahamas77 km²6 m124 km away
San Salvador IslandBahamas155 km²12 m146 km away
MayaguanaBahamas284 km²7 m139 km away
Cat IslandBahamas339 km²63 m214 km away
InaguaBahamas1,679 km²33 m209 km away
Providenciales
United Kingdom116 km²49 m227 km awayAbout these numbers
| Names, area, population | Wikidata (Q1140993) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Outline | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Sea temperature | NOAA OISST v2.1 · 1991–2020 |
| Climate | NASA POWER · 1991–2020 |
| Relief, 3D model | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Beaches, ports, lighthouses, trails | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Towns | GeoNames · CC BY 4.0 |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Beaches, mountains, lakes and waterfalls | Lakeyas — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0; HydroLAKES (Messager et al. 2016) · CC BY 4.0, LakeTEMP (Korver et al. 2024) · CC BY 4.0 |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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