Scrub Island (British Virgin Islands)
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| Waters | Caribbean Sea | |
| Archipelago | Virgin Islands | |
| Geographical location | 18 ° 28 '4 " N , 64 ° 30' 45" W | |
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| length | 2.5 km | |
| width | 690 m | |
| surface | 96 ha | |
| Highest elevation | Big Scrub 133.5 m |
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Scrub Island is an island in the British Virgin Islands in the Caribbean . The island is located immediately east of the larger neighboring island of Great Camanoe and about four kilometers northeast of Tortola , the main island of the British overseas territory .
With a length of two and a half kilometers and a maximum width of almost 700 meters, Scrub Island has an area of 0.96 km² (236 acres ). The island consists of two towering hills of volcanic origin, which are connected by a flat and narrow isthmus. The smaller western part (called the Little Scrub ) rises 95 meters (313 feet ), while the larger eastern part (Big Scrub) reaches a height of 133.5 meters (438 feet).
An exclusive holiday resort was opened in 2010 on the previously uninhabited and little developed island.
Web links
- Scrub Island - BVI. Aerial views of Scrub Island. In: Paradise Islands. Accessed December 23, 2017 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Areas of the British Virgin Islands ( Memento of April 4, 2007 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on December 23, 2017.