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Anguilla's thin arid soil being largely unsuitable for agriculture, the island has few land-based natural resources. [8] Its main industries are tourism, offshore incorporation and management, offshore banking, captive insurance and fishing. [8] [7] Anguilla's currency is the East Caribbean dollar, though the US dollar is also widely accepted. [7]
The airport became known as the "Clayton J. Lloyd International Airport" on 4 July 2010. Its namesake was the first Anguillan aviator, who founded the first Anguillan air service, Air Anguilla, which was later renamed Valley Air Service. [2] The airport houses the Anguilla Outstation of the Eastern Caribbean Civil Aviation Authority. [3]
Saint Kitts and Nevis. Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla (or Saint Christopher, Nevis, and Anguilla) was a British colony in the West Indies from 1882 to 1983, consisting of the islands of Anguilla (until 1980), Nevis, and Saint Christopher (or Saint Kitts). From 1882 to 1951, and again from 1980, the colony was known simply as Saint Christopher ...
The British dependency of Anguilla was historically also a part of this union, which was known collectively as Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla. However, Anguilla chose to secede from the union in 1967, and remains a British overseas territory. [1] Saint Kitts and Nevis were among the first islands in the Caribbean to be colonised by Europeans.
British West Indies in 1900 BWI in red and pink (blue islands are other territories with English as an official language). The British West Indies (BWI) were the territories in the West Indies under British rule, including Anguilla, the Cayman Islands, the Turks and Caicos Islands, Montserrat, the British Virgin Islands, Bermuda, Antigua and Barbuda, the Bahamas, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada ...
Sombrero, Anguilla. Sombrero, also known as Hat Island, is part of the British Overseas Territory of Anguilla and is the northernmost island of the Lesser Antilles. [a] It lies 54 km (34 mi) north-west of Anguilla across the Dog and Prickly Pear Passage. The distance to Dog Island, the next nearest island of Anguilla, is 38 kilometres (24 miles).
Map of Anguilla showing the pond next to Rendezvous Bay near the south-western end of the island Aerial view from the north-east of the south-western end of Anguilla, with Rendezvous Bay occupying the middle ground and Rendezvous Bay Pond to its immediate right, separated only by a thin strip of land
Map of Anguilla showing the pond at Road Bay on the north-west coast Sandy Ground view with the pond visible on the right behind the strip of housing along the Road Bay beach Road Salt Pond. Road Salt Pond, also known as Road Bay Pond or simply Road Pond, is a wetland in Anguilla, a British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean Sea.