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.
Legis, Public domain.- Island
- …lies at an elevation of around 270 feet (80 metres)
- …is also known as “Peters Island”
- Description: island of British Virgin Islands
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Peter Island
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Latitude
18.34644° or 18° 20′ 47″ north
Longitude
-64.58807° or 64° 35′ 17″ west
Open location code
77CQ8CW6+HQ
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural = coastline
OpenStreetMap feature
place = island
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Peter Island” goes by many names.
Peter IslandCebuano
Peter Island (pulo sa British Virgin Islands)Cebuano
Peter IslandDutch
Illa PeterGalician
Illa Peter, Illas Virxes BritanicasGalician
פיטר (אי)Hebrew
ピーター島Japanese
Петров ОстровMacedonian
ПитерMacedonian
Peter IslandSwedish
Peter AdasıTurkish
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