It is long about 180 km and thin - only about 1.6 km wide in places.
One of the best places to see this extraordinary juxtaposition is at the Glass Window Bridge.
The Glass Window Bridge is one of the most visited places in the island.
For centuries, there was a natural stone bridge connection between north and south Eleuthera.
After the 1999 Hurricane Floyd, practically nothing of the original Glass Window Bridge remained.
Even after a decade, workers stay busy reinforcing the shoreline to make it re-pave the severely eroded asphalt.
One should take great care when visiting the Glass Window Bridge and the surrounding cliff areas.
Rogue waves have been known to arrive unexpectedly and wash over the bridge and nearby cliffs.
Land is undergoing continuous erosion from the force of water that pounds from towering heights.
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