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
Little Farmer's Cay is located in Bahamas
Little Farmer's Cay
Little Farmer's Cay
The location of Little Farmer's Cay within the Bahamas
Geography
LocationAtlantic Ocean
Coordinates23°57′29″N 76°19′21″W / 23.9580°N 76.3224°W / 23.9580; -76.3224
ArchipelagoLucayan Archipelago
Administration
Demographics
Population66 (2010)
Additional information
Time zone
 • Summer (DST)
ISO codeBS-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

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  1. ^ "Exuma and Cays Population by Settlement and Total Number of Occupied Dwellings: 2010 Census" (PDF). Government of the Bahamas. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  2. ^ Beringer, Robert (March 2015). "The Many Fs of Little Farmers Cay". Sail. Vol. 46, no. 3. Active Interest Media. p. 96. ISSN 0036-2700.
  3. ^ Porteous, R.E., ed. (1977). Annals of Carnegie Museum. Vol. 46. p. 268. OCLC 300866996.
  4. ^ Zoologica: Scientific Contributions of the New York Zoological Society. Vol. 48. New York: New York Zoological Society. 1963. p. 88. OCLC 263595877.