Little Thatch
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.- Type: Islet
- Description: island in the United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Little Thatch Island”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Frenchman’s Cay and Waterlemon Cay.
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.
Waterlemon Cay
Islet
Waterlemon Cay is a small cay surrounded by a fringing reef located in Leinster Bay on Saint John, U.S. Virgin Islands. It is named after the water lemon.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Coral Bay and Virgin Islands National Park.
Coral Bay
Village
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 2½ miles south of Little Thatch.
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 3½ miles south of Little Thatch.
Little Thatch
- Categories: island, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: British Virgin Islands, Lesser Antilles, Caribbean, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
18.38171° or 18° 22′ 54″ northLongitude
-64.71613° or 64° 42′ 58″ westElevation
253 feet (77 metres)Open location code
77CQ97JM+MGOpenStreetMap ID
way 157989166OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=isletGeoNames ID
3577538Wikidata ID
Q6652196
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Spanish—“Little Thatch” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Little Thatch Island”
- Dutch: “Little Thatch”
- Galician: “Little Thatch”
- Spanish: “Pequeña Thatch”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Landing Place and Frenchman’s Cay Marina.
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