The Bahamas, officially the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, is an island country consisting of more than 700 islands, cays, and islets in the Atlantic Ocean; north of Cuba and Hispaniola; northwest of the Turks and Caicos Islands; southeast of the U.S. state of Florida and east of the Florida Keys. Wikipedia

The contiguous United States is the 48 adjoining US states plus Washington, DC on the continent of North America that are south of Canada and north of Mexico. Wikipedia