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.- Type: Island
- Description: island of British Virgin Islands
- Also known as: “Peters Island” and “Питер”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Dead Chest Island.
Dead Chest Island
Islet
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Southern Islands.
Peter Island
- Categories: coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: British Virgin Islands, Lesser Antilles, Caribbean, North America
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Latitude
18.34644° or 18° 20′ 47″ north
Longitude
-64.58807° or 64° 35′ 17″ west
Elevation
272 feet (83 metres)
Open location code
77CQ8CW6+HQ
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastline
OpenStreetMap feature
place=island
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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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”
- Spanish: “Isla de Peter”
- Swedish: “Peter Island”
- Turkish: “Peter Adası”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Havers and Hannah.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Norman Island and Pelican Island.
British Virgin Islands: Must-Visit Destinations
Worth a closer look: Tortola and Virgin Gorda.
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