British Virgin Islands
Also known as Virgin Islands of the United Kingdom, Virgin Islands, United Kingdom, BVI, IVB, B.V.I., vg
British overseas territory in the Caribbean
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The British Virgin Islands is a group of Caribbean islands that belongs to Britain as an overseas territory. It matters as a significant financial center and tourist destination that generates important economic activity for the region.
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Research
141 papers- Subclinical Burkholderia pseudomallei Infection Associated with Travel to the British Virgin Islands.Emerging infectious diseases · 2021Dewart CM, Almeida FA, Koval C et al.DOI: 10.3201/eid2712.211816
- Conservation status of native plant hybrids in the British Virgin Islands.Biodiversity data journal · 2021Bárrios S, Hamilton MADOI: 10.3897/BDJ.9.e62809
- Host-parasite Interactions between a Copepod (Pharodes tortugensis) and Small Reef-associated Gobies (Coryphopterus) in the British Virgin Islands.Zoological studies · 2022Forrester GE, Finley RJDOI: 10.6620/ZS.2022.61-32
- Fire Ant Bites.2026Kruse B, Anderson J, Simon LV
- Boat anchoring contributes substantially to coral reef degradation in the British Virgin Islands.PeerJ · 2019
Article
The British Virgin Islands (BVI), officially the Virgin Islands, are a British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean, to the east of Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands and north-west of Anguilla. The islands are geographically part of the Virgin Islands archipelago and are located in the Leeward Islands of the Lesser Antilles and part of the West Indies.
The British Virgin Islands consist of the main islands of Tortola, Virgin Gorda, Anegada and Jost Van Dyke, along with more than 50 other smaller islands and cays. About 16 of the islands are inhabited. The capital, Road Town, is on Tortola, the largest island, which is about 20 km (12 mi) long and 5 km (3 mi) wide. The islands had a population of 28,054 at the 2010 Census, of whom 23,491 lived on Tortola; current estimates put the population at 35,802 (July 2018).
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1670s establishments in the Caribbean1672 establishments in North America1672 establishments in the British EmpireBritish Leeward IslandsBritish Overseas TerritoriesBritish Virgin IslandsBritish West IndiesCountries and territories where English is an official languageDependent territories in the CaribbeanFormer Dutch coloniesMember states of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States