FLORA OF BERMUDA The islands forming Bermuda, or the Bermudas, are an isolated group in the Atlantic Ocean, in north latitude 32 14" to 12 Maud is 32 20"), and in west longitude 64 38" to 64 52" (Castle [slan.

Almost exactly 64 40").

The nearest land is Cape Hatteras on the of North Carolina, distant aboul 568 nautical miles ; the distance to Halifax is about 736 nautical miles, to Sandy Hook 666 nautical miles, to I h about 700 nautical miles, and to Abaco, the nearesl Wesl Indian islam the Bahama archipelago, about 700 miles to the southwest, to St Thoi about 800 miles to the southeast.

The land area of Bermuda is a little over nineteen square land mil.

Approximately one-fourth the size of Staten [sland, New York, or about one-seventh the size of the Isle of Wight.