Bermuda Geography

Bermuda Geography

Bermuda geography is probably one of the most amazing and perfect geography of a place. Bermuda lies five hundred seventy miles from the coast of North Carolina and bounded by blue waters of the Atlantic Ocean. The landmass of Bermuda is only twenty one square miles and is one of the smallest territories in the world.

The archipelago of Bermuda actually consists of around one hundred forty islands making Bermuda geography a multifaceted one. Eight of these islands, namely Ireland Island North, Ireland Island South, Boaz Island, Watford Island, Somerset Island, Bermuda Island, St. George's Island, and St. David's Island, are connected by bridges to form continuous fishhook shaped area of land, which is twenty-two miles in length and only two miles across the widest point. These Bermuda is what many of the locals and guests know about, a lot of the other islands are uninhabited and simply docks. All the islands are of volcanic origins and the merged tips of the mountain crowd that rose from the sea floor some million years ago. They are bordered by coral reefs and have mountainous interiors, although the highest pick is simply two hundred fifty nine feet high.

Bermuda geography includes a division of nine parishes each being named after the shareholders of the Virginia Company that colonized the islands. These nine divisions from east to west include Sandys, Southampton, Warwick, Pembroke, Paget, Devonshire, Smith's, Hamilton, and St. George's. The parishes are connected by three major roads running from east to west and names fairly self-explanatory which are North Shore Road, Middle road, and South Road.

The general Bermuda geography as seen from above the ocean's surface is the ridges that run from the north east to the south west before turning towards the north. These ridges combined with the submerged encircling reef forms the edge of a volcanic caldera to the south of which the islands are situated. These islands enfold a smaller caldera that forms the Great Sound, and the other forms Harrington Sound. On the fault line, the volcano was formed from which the Atlantic Ocean tectonic plates increase pushing away from each other the Old and New Worlds. An underwater volcanic mountain range called the Mid-Atlantic Range was formed on top of this fault.

Bermuda now assembles far to the west of the ridge in mounts that were once ridges. It is therefore far older than other nearby islands formed on the ridge. Two seamounts are present to the South West of Bermuda, forming Challenger banks and Argus banks. Neither of the two banks breaks the surface of the ocean and both support the coral reefs which are well-know for fishing.

Bermuda geography is igneous covered by limestone cap, and underwater corals offer a reefline which covers the archipelago.