thumb|250px|Topographic map of Acklins Island and Crooked Island.
Crooked Island is an island and district, part of a group of Bahamian islands defining a large, shallow lagoon called the Bight of Acklins, of which the largest are Crooked Island in the north and Acklins in the south-east, and the smaller are Long Cay (once known as Fortune Island) in the north-west, and Castle Island in the south.
Etymology
The Indigenous Lucayan people called the island Jumento, meaning "upper land of the middle distance". Meanwhile, the Spaniard explorers had named the island Isabella.
Transportation
The island is served by Colonel Hill Airport.
Politics
The island is part of the MICAL constituency for elections to the House of Assembly of the Bahamas.