Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Spanish Town was originally settled by Cornish miners, and ruins of the chimney, boiler house, cistern, and mine shafts can be seen. This is now part of the Copper Mine National Park . It served as capital of the territory from 1680 until 1741, [ 1 ] when the government moved their offices to Road Town.
Nanny Cay is an island of the British Virgin Islands in the Caribbean. It is made up of three cays originally known as Big Cay, Little Cay and Miss Peggy Cay. [1] In the 1970s these were consolidated into a single land mass for a marina and resort development. It is connected to Tortola by a short bridge. A marina, hotel, restaurants ...
Frenchman's Cay is an island of the British Virgin Islands in the Caribbean. It is located 2 km (1.2 mi) southeast from Great Thatch and is located just east of Little Thatch by a distance of approximately 400 m (440 yd). Frenchman's Cay is connected to the main island of Tortola by a very short bridge to Tortola's West end.
The principal settlement is Road Town, the capital of the British Virgin Islands, with a population of 9,400. Provision of financial services is a major part of the economy. The International Business Companies Act , passed in the early 1980s, encouraged such businesses and has generated significant growth in professional jobs and related revenues.
Map of the British Virgin Islands showing Road Town on the main island Tortola. This is a list of towns in the British Virgin Islands, there are no cities in the British Virgin Islands. The capital, and the largest town is Road Town. No sources have been identified that provide population figures for other settlements.
For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us
Transport in the British Virgin Islands. 1 language. ... Road Town; Airports. 4 (2008) Paved runways total: 2 914 to 1,523 m: 1; under 914 m: 1 (2008) Unpaved runways ...
Frequent barge and ferry, including car ferry, service connects Saint John to the neighboring more-developed island of Saint Thomas. Ferries also run regularly between Cruz Bay and Tortola, Virgin Gorda, and Jost Van Dyke in the British Virgin Islands. Cruz Bay is home to numerous shops and restaurants which are frequented by tourists and ...