Bermuda

Bermuda (also known as the Bermudas; nicknamed the Somers Isles) is a British overseas territory in the North Atlantic Ocean. Located off the east coast of the United States, its nearest landmass is Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, about 1,030 kilometres (640 mi) to the west-northwest. It is about 1,373 kilometres (853 mi) south of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, and 1,770 kilometres (1,100 mi) northeast of Miami, Florida. Its capital city is Hamilton. Bermuda was discovered and claimed for the Spanish Empire in 1505 by navigator Juan de Bermúdez, for whom the islands are named. Originally unoccupied - Bermúdez claimed to have left the island inhabited only by pigs - the islands were settled by Britain in 1609, making it the oldest and most...