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I'm missing 12 islands
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07/27/2016 08:18 AM
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OK, here is a little something to feed the DIF during the off season:
The BVI claims it has 60 islands and cays. I can only come up with 48. Check this list over and find the other 12. <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Grin.gif" alt="" />
Little Tobago Great Tobago King Rock Cable/Watson/Castle Rock Jost Van Dyke Diamond Cay Little Jost Green Key Sandy Spit Sandy Cay Great Thatch Little Thatch Frenchman Cay Tortola Nanny Cay Buck Island Beef Island Bellamy Cay Little Cay Guana Island Great Comano Little Comano Marina Cay Scrub Island West Dog Great Dog George Dog West Seal Dog East Seal Dog Little Seal Dog Mosquito Rock Mosquito Island Prickley Pear Island Eustatia Island Necker Island Saba Rock Virgin Gorda Fallen Jeruselem Broken Jeruselem Round Rock Ginger Island Carvel Rock Cooper Island Cistern Point Salt Island Dead Chest Peter Island Key Cay Carrot Rock Norman Island The Indians Pelican Island Anegada
Last edited by GlennA; 07/27/2016 11:00 AM.
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Re: I'm missing 12 islands
[Re: sleepychef]
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07/27/2016 09:48 AM
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Thanks. That covers 8 of them so now missing only 4 islands.
Can't find anything on Drowned Island other than another name for Anegada and can't find anytning on Spanish Island. Flanagan is USVI.
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Re: I'm missing 12 islands
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07/27/2016 09:59 AM
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Re: I'm missing 12 islands
[Re: GlennA]
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07/27/2016 11:04 AM
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what about little seal next to west seal--does that count?
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Re: I'm missing 12 islands
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07/27/2016 11:06 AM
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I see those rocks south of dead chest but can't find any name.
Castle, Cable and Watson are all the same rock. Emray says Cable, DMA says Wason and British Overseas Survey says Castle.
I did remember Cistern Point however, one of my crew's favorite snorkels.
3 more to go
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Re: I'm missing 12 islands
[Re: sleepychef]
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07/27/2016 11:07 AM
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sleepychef said: Nanny Cay Drowned island Little Anegada Little Wickmams cay Oyster Rock Bellamy Cay Cockroach Island Flanagan Island Little cay Spanish Island Little Seal Dog
Thats me out... Flanagan is USVI, unless there are two.
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Re: I'm missing 12 islands
[Re: GlennA]
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07/28/2016 09:18 AM
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Actually, the government claims to have "[color:"red"]more than 60[/color] islands, keys and rocks". I did this excercise several years ago and found the claim to be true. The devil is in the little bits and in some cases, reclaimed land. Those missing from your list are: Road Reef Cay - where TMM is located. Hard to notice, but it is separated from Tortola by a very small bridge. Wickhams Cay 1 - once a separate island but now part of Road Town Tortola due to land reclamation. There also used to be a couple more tiny islands in Road Harbour which were swallowed up in the land reclamations of the 1960's. Bird Cay and (I think) Dead Horse ... or something like that. There was never any place named Wickhams Cay II, but Bird Cay is part of that area now. Road Reef Cay - The small island (past Prospect Reef heading west) just off the highway at Slaney Point. (Where all the pelicans roost.) It is only separated from Tortola by about 4 to 8 feet of water. Carval Rock - Between Ginger and Cooper here You already listed Carvel Rock - which is just off Cistern Point here And ... there is also "The Carvel" ... aka Car avel Rock off Norman Island - hereThen there are the whale rocks here - Great story about how they got their name. <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/jester.gif" alt="" /> Nanny Cay is actually made up of (I think) 3 small cays. Miss Peggy Cay ... and I can't remember the names of the others. I have the info somewhere. They were reclaimed when Nanny Cay was first built. They were basically just sand bars. Red rock - at the entrance to Fat Hog's Bay. Manual Reef Cay (aka Lil Cay) - is in Sea Cows Bay, just south of the marina. The map was completed in 2005/2006 and I was lucky enough to get a copy of it. However, Ermin says it isn't really finished and has not yet been approved by government. They have had too many other important things to deal with. Oyster rock is considered an underwater rock off The Bitter End ... so doesn't really count. George, the rocks south of Dead Chest are called Governor Goat Rocks which are a group of 5 separate rocks. There is also a rock on the north side of Dead Chest called Black Rock. casailor53, the partly submerged rock east of Marina Cay is also named Black Rock. There are actually hundreds more named (above water) rocks that appear on a map done by Ermin Penn (who is the historian for the BVI Tourist Board) and 16 other local folks (including Ivan Chinnery) who, up until the map was done, had this local knowledge in their heads. Hope this helps Glenn.
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Re: I'm missing 12 islands
[Re: LianeLeTendre]
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07/28/2016 09:27 AM
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I think that is more than I wanted to know! <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/jester.gif" alt="" />
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Re: I'm missing 12 islands
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07/28/2016 09:55 AM
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On the above website that talks about "carvel rock" - I think that's wrong. That's Cistern rock and CarvAl rock is large outside rock and dive site.
M4000 "Lio Kai"
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