Thatch Island Cut

Thatch Island Cut is a marine channel in British Virgin Islands. Thatch Island Cut is situated nearby to the locality Dawson, as well as near West End.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Little Thatch and Great Thatch.

Little Thatch

Islet

Little Thatch is a privately owned island of the British Virgin Islands in the Caribbean, upon which a resort has been built. The island is located less than 500 yards from the western end of Tortola, and is less than 1 mile away from Saint John, United States Virgin Islands.

Great Thatch

Island

Photo: Legis, Public domain.

Great Thatch is an uninhabited island of the British Virgin Islands in the Caribbean. It is one of the westernmost islands in the territory. It is believed to take its name from the famous pirate, Edward Teach, although there is little evidence Blackbeard ever sailed in the Virgin Islands.

Frenchman’s Cay

Island

Frenchman's Cay is an island of the British Virgin Islands in the Caribbean. It is located 2 km southeast from Great Thatch and is located just east of Little Thatch by a distance of approximately 400 m.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Coral Bay and Virgin Islands National Park.

Coral Bay

Town

Photo: Bonus Onus, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Coral Bay is a town and a sub-district on the island of St. John in the United States Virgin Islands. It is located on the southeastern side of the island. Coral Bay is situated 3 miles south of Thatch Island Cut.

Virgin Islands National Park

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

The Virgin Islands National Park is a national park of the United States preserving about 60% of the land area of Saint John, U.S. Virgin Islands, as well as more than 5,500 acres of adjacent ocean, and nearly all of Hassel Island, just off the Charlotte Amalie, Saint Thomas harbor.

Calabash

Neighborhood

Calabash is a neighborhood on the island of St. John in the United States Virgin Islands. It is located in the east of the island on the coast of Coral Bay, to the south of the town of Coral Bay. Calabash is situated 4 miles south of Thatch Island Cut.

Thatch Island Cut

Type: Marine channel
Category: body of water
Location: British Virgin Islands, Lesser Antilles, Caribbean, North America
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Latitude

18.38793° or 18° 23′ 17″ north

Longitude

-64.72074° or 64° 43′ 15″ west

Open location code

77CQ97QH+5P

GeoNames ID

3577354

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Satellite Map

Discover Thatch Island Cut from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Dawson and West End.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include West End and Steele Point.

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