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The principal islands in the British Virgin Islands group are clustered around the Sir Francis Drake Channel in two parallel strands. On the north are the large islands, Tortola and Beef, while the south strand includes many small islands such as Norman, Peter, Salt and Cooper, plus Virgin Gorda. The positioning of the islands creates a protected channel 20 miles long and five miles wide, with some of the finest sailing waters in the world. Two of the larger islands not on the channel are Jost Van Dyke, northwest of Tortola, and Anegada, 20 miles north of Virgin Gorda.
 

Destinations in British Virgin Islands (3)

  • Peter Island, British Virgin Islands

    Peter Island, the largest private island in the BVI, lies four miles southeast of Tortola in the Sir Francis Drake Channel. The Peter Island Resort owns virtually every acre of the 1,200 that comprise this fifth-largest island in the BVI chain....

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  • Tortola, British Virgin Islands

    Tortola, which means ”turtledove” in Spanish, is the principal island of the British Virgin Islands. It is home to some 16,000 people, a fourth of whom live in the picturesque capital, Road Town. The island, only 12 miles long and three miles...

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  • Virgin Gorda, British Virgin Islands

    Virgin Gorda is two distinct islands joined by a narrow ribbon of land. The northern part is mountainous, while the southern part is quite flat. The latter area, dubbed The Valley, has the island’s largest village, Spanish Town, and its major...

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