Whistling Cay

Whistling Cay
Cinnamon Cay (left) and Whistling Cay (right), from Cinnamon Bay Beach , 2011
Waters	Caribbean sea
Archipelago	American Virgin Islands
Geographical location	18 ° 22 ′  N , 64 ° 45 ′  W Coordinates: 18 ° 22 ′  N , 64 ° 45 ′  W

Whistling Cay is a 7.7 hectare island 270 m west of the uninhabited Mary Point peninsula on Saint John in the US Virgin Islands . It is covered with trees and reaches a height of 40 m on the cliff in the north. There is a pebble beach on the southeast side. The island and Mary Point are separated by the Fungi Passage , which reaches a depth of 6.4 meters.

Whistling Cay can be reached by boat from Cinnamon Bay , Maho Bay or Francis Bay and is a destination for divers and snorkelers .

During the 19th century the island was the location of a Danish customs post to control the passage between the British Virgin Islands in the north and the Danish West Indies .

Whistling Cay is part of the Virgin Islands National Park .

proof

1. ^ Griffes, Peter L. (2004). 2004 Atlantic Boating Almanac: Gulf of Mexico . ProStar Publications. Page 536. ISBN 9781577855125 .
2. ^ Potter, Susanna Henighan (2013). Virgin Islands . Avalon Travel. Page 93. ISBN 9781612383682 .
3. ^ Miller, Courtney (2008). The Rough Guide to the Caribbean . Penguin. Page 422. ISBN 9781405384476 .
4. ^ National Geographic Society (1992). National Geographic's Guide to the National Parks of the United States . Page 92. ISBN 9780870448850 .