Dog Islands
Dog Islands are a small group of islets among the British Virgin Islands in the Caribbean. The islands originally received their names from sailors who heard barking when they moored there, and assumed that they must be dogs.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Island
- Description: island group
- Also known as: “The Dogs”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Cockroach Island and George Dog Island.
Cockroach Island
Islet
Photo: Legis, Public domain.
Cockroach Island is an uninhabited island of the British Virgin Islands in the Caribbean. It is located near North Sound, Virgin Gorda, amongst a collection of islands known as "The Dogs" or "The Dog Islands".
George Dog Island
Islet
Photo: Legis, Public domain.
George Dog is an uninhabited island of the British Virgin Islands in the Caribbean. It is located in a smaller sub-group of islands referred to as "The Dogs" to the northwest of Virgin Gorda.
Great Dog Island
Islet
Great Dog Island is an uninhabited islet of the British Virgin Islands in the Caribbean. It is located in a smaller sub-group of islands referred to as the Dog Islands, or more commonly, "The Dogs".
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Spanish Town.
Spanish Town
Town
Spanish Town on southern Virgin Gorda is the second largest town on the British Virgin Islands. Also known as Valley, Spanish Town offers numerous shopping possibilities. Spanish Town is situated 3½ miles southeast of Dog Islands.
Dog Islands
- Categories: island group and landform
- Location: British Virgin Islands, Lesser Antilles, Caribbean, North America
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Satellite Map
Discover Dog Islands from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Catalan to Swedish—“Dog Islands” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Illes Dog”
- Cebuano: “Dog Islands”
- Danish: “Dog Islands”
- French: “Dog Islands”
- Galician: “Illas Dog”
- German: “Dog Islands”
- Spanish: “Dog Islands”
- Spanish: “Islas Dog”
- Swedish: “Dog Islands”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Little Dix Bay and Head of the Bay.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Crabbe Hill Kitchen Point and Diamond Rock.
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