Peter Island
Peter Island is a 720 hectares private island located in the British Virgin Islands. It is about 5 miles south-west from Road Town, Tortola. The island was named after Pieter Adriensen who was the brother of Abraham Adriensen, Patron of Tortola under the Dutch West India Company in the early 17th century.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Legis, Public domain.
- Type: Island
- Description: island of British Virgin Islands
- Also known as: “Peters Island”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Dead Chest Island.
Dead Chest Island
Islet
Photo: Legis, Public domain.
Dead Chest Island is an island located half a mile north east of Deadman's Bay on Peter Island, British Virgin Islands. It is uninhabited, has no fresh water or trees and only sparse vegetation.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Southern Islands.
Southern Islands
Photo: Matt & Nayoung, CC BY 2.0.
The Southern Islands of the British Virgin Islands are uninhabited, but nonetheless oft visited by island-hopping yachters. They are beautiful, and provide some of the best snorkelling and diving opportunities in the territory.
Peter Island
- Categories: coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: British Virgin Islands, Lesser Antilles, Caribbean, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
18.34644° or 18° 20′ 47″ northLongitude
-64.58807° or 64° 35′ 17″ westElevation
272 feet (83 metres)Open location code
77CQ8CW6+HQOpenStreetMap ID
way 157980505OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=islandGeoNames ID
3577455Wikidata ID
Q368672
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Peter Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Peter Island (pulo sa British Virgin Islands)”
- Cebuano: “Peter Island”
- Dutch: “Peter Island”
- French: “Peter Island”
- Galician: “Illa Peter, Illas Virxes Britanicas”
- Galician: “Illa Peter”
- Hebrew: “פיטר (אי)”
- Japanese: “ピーター島”
- Macedonian: “Петров Остров”
- Macedonian: “Питер”
- Spanish: “Isla de Peter”
- Swedish: “Peter Island”
- Turkish: “Peter Adası”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Havers and Hannah.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Norman Island and Pelican Island.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Peter Island”. Photo: Legis, Public domain.