Crab Island, Guyana
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Crab Island is an island located in the mouth of the Berbice River
in Guyana
, located at 6.283°N 57.517°W.
Crab Island is so named due to the presence of numerous crab
s there, and is approximately one mile in circumference. Until the British took over Berbice in 1815, the Dutch had a fort here called St. Andries.
Berbice River
The Berbice River, located in eastern Guyana, rises in the highlands of the Rupununi region. The Berbice flows northward for 370 miles through dense forests to the coastal plain...
in Guyana
Guyana
Guyana , officially the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, previously the colony of British Guiana, is a sovereign state on the northern coast of South America that is culturally part of the Anglophone Caribbean. Guyana was a former colony of the Dutch and of the British...
, located at 6.283°N 57.517°W.
Crab Island is so named due to the presence of numerous crab
Crab
True crabs are decapod crustaceans of the infraorder Brachyura, which typically have a very short projecting "tail" , or where the reduced abdomen is entirely hidden under the thorax...
s there, and is approximately one mile in circumference. Until the British took over Berbice in 1815, the Dutch had a fort here called St. Andries.