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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°16′59″N 57°31′01″W / 6.283°N 57.517°W / 6.283; -57.517.[1]

Crab Island is so named due to the presence of numerous crabs there, and is approximately one mile in circumference.[2] Before the British took over Berbice in 1815, the Dutch had a fort here called St. Andries.

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  1. ^ "Crabs, Corentyne, Guyana". tageo.com.
  2. ^ Robert Montgomery Martin. "History of the British Colonies, Volume 2 - Possessions in the West Indies".