Lee Stocking Island
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Lee Stocking Island is an island in the
Bahamas, located in the district of Exuma
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The island was host to a marine research facility from 1984 to 2012, which was connected to
A map of 1823 shows it was actually named, “Leeward Stocking Island”. In the days before Google Earth, map makers drew it as a stocking. Upwind towards the predominant South East Tradewinds was “Windward Stocking”. Later in 1898, the name was noted as “Leonard Stocking Island”.
References
- ^ "Our History". Perry Institute for Marine Science. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
- ^ "Stromatolites of Lee Stocking Island". BBC. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
- OCLC 1049421426.