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Pig Beach
Nickname: Pig Beach | |
|---|---|
 Pigs swimming in the Bahamas | |
  Big Major Cay | |
| Geography | |
| Location | the Americas |
| Archipelago | Exuma Cays |
| Total islands | 1 |
| Major islands | 1 |
| Administration | |
| Capital city | Nassau |
| Largest settlement | Nassau (pop. 248,948; as of 2010[update]) |
| Prime Minister | Hubert Minnis |
Pig Beach[1] located on Big Major Cay[2] (also known as Major Cay[3]) is a beach on an uninhabited island (or cay) located in Exuma, the Bahamas. The island takes its unofficial name from the fact that it is populated by a colony of feral pigs which live on the island. It has become a tourist attraction in modern times.
The pigs are known in popular culture as "the swimming pigs"[4] although other islands with swimming pigs exist in the Bahamas.[5]
- ^ Ripley's Believe It or Not! Annual 2013. Ripley. 11 September 2012. ISBN 978-1-60991-032-7.
- ^ "Swimming with Pigs". The Island of the Bahamas. Archived from the original on March 8, 2016. Retrieved February 28, 2013.
- ^ The Bahamas - Guidebook Chapter: Chapter from Caribbean Islands travel guide book (6 ed.). Lonely Planet. 2012. ISBN 9781743210826.
- ^ Daley, Jason. "What Killed More Than Half a Dozen of the Bahamas' Swimming Pigs?". Smithsonian Magazine. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
- ^ Rhodes, Wendy. "Hurricane Dorian: What happened to the beloved swimming pigs of The Bahamas?". The Palm Beach Post. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
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