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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
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Nanny Cay Drowned island Little Anegada Little Wickmams cay Oyster Rock Bellamy Cay Cockroach Island Flanagan Island Little cay Spanish Island Little Seal Dog
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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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There is a small island just south of Deadchest. Not sure it has a name. G
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what about little seal next to west seal--does that count?
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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.
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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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I don't know the name of it (so it might have already been mentioned), or even if it has a name, but what about the rock that is the eastern end of the reef on the east side of Marina Cay.
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So how far should we go in counting rocks? Should the Indians be counted as several individual rocks? How about the tip of Mountain Point, where there are a few rocks separated by shallow water?
Maybe whoever came up with the claim of 60 was just trying to drive the rest of us nuts. <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Grin.gif" alt="" />
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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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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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Sorry, I am a geography and history buff. I tend to get carried away on this stuff. <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Blush.gif" alt="" />
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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.
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I don't think anyone mentioned Thumb Rock, a dive site on the NW side of Great Camanoe. It is possible to swim between the two.
There is also a pinnacle that goes maybe 15 or 20' above the surface in the S end of Lee Bay on Camanoe. Not sure if it has a name.
And Liane, thanks for answering my query and giving Black Rock a name. I knew that, but too much Mt. Gay over the years!
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It could very well be wrong ... but according to the map from Town and Country Planning dated August 2006 and revised July 2010, that is the name shown on the map.
Nothing is written in stone. I am sure there are many corrections that need to be made.
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Found it! Little Anegada is located at the very eastern tip of Anegada
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