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Coordinates : 32°20′N 64°45′W / 32.333°N 64.750°W / 32.333; -64.750
Bermuda / b ɜːr ˈ m juː d ə / , also referred to in legal documents as, fully, " the Bermudas or Somers Isles ", is a British Overseas Territory in the North Atlantic Ocean, located off the east coast of North America . Its nearest landmass is Cape Hatteras , United States , about 1,070 km (665 mi) to the west-northwest. It is about 1,236 km (768 mi) south of Cape Sable Island , Canada , and 1,578 km (981 mi) north of Puerto Rico . Its capital city is Hamilton .
The first known European explorer to reach Bermuda was Spanish sea captain Juan de Bermúdez in 1503, after whom the islands are named. He claimed the apparently uninhabited islands for the Spanish Empire . Paying two visits to the archipelago, Bermúdez never landed on the islands, but did create a recognisable map of the archipelago. Shipwrecked Portuguese mariners are now thought to have been responsible for the 1543 inscription in Portuguese Rock (previously called Spanish Rock ). Subsequent Spanish or ot