Prickly Pear (British Virgin Islands)

Prickly Pear island.

Prickly Pear is an uninhabited island of the British Virgin Islands in the Caribbean. Even though the island doesn’t have permanent residents, it has a beach bar and recreational water sports facility on it. It is located on the north side of North Sound, opposite Virgin Gorda.

The island was declared to be a National Park in 1988.^[1]

References

↑ "Prickly Pear National Park". BVI Tourism. Retrieved 1 November 2014.

Islands of the British Virgin Islands
Anegada Beef Island Bellamy Cay Buck Island Carvel Rock Cockroach Island Cooper Island Dead Chest Island Diamond Cay Dog Islands East Seal Dog Island Eustatia Fallen Jerusalem Island Frenchman's Cay George Dog Island Ginger Island Great Camanoe Great Dog Island Great Thatch Great Tobago Island Green Cay Guana Island The Indians Jost Van Dyke Little Camanoe Little Jost Van Dyke Little Thatch Little Tobago Little Wickams Cay Marina Cay Mosquito Island Nanny Cay Necker Island Norman Island Old Jerusalem Island Pelican Island Peter Island Prickly Pear Round Rock Saba Rock Salt Island Sandy Cay Sandy Spit Scrub Island Tortola Virgin Gorda West Dog Island Wickams Cay

Coordinates: 18°30′N 64°22′W / 18.500°N 64.367°W / 18.500; -64.367

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