Buck Island (British Virgin Islands)

Aerial view of Buck Island, with, from left to right, Ginger Island, Cooper Island and Salt Island on the horizon

Buck Island, British Virgin Islands.

Buck Island is a privately owned island of the British Virgin Islands in the Caribbean.

Overview

A former owner had begun to build a bridge between Buck Island and the mainland of Tortola, but construction ceased when it was discovered that under British Virgin Islands law that would create a right in favour of the general public to cross the bridge and use the island's beaches. Accordingly, he stopped and the beach was never completed.

The island also has an obsolete airstrip on it, which is now in ruins.

Curiously, in the adjacent United States Virgin Islands there are two other islets which go by the name "Buck Island" - Buck Island Reef National Monument near St. Croix and Buck Island National Wildlife Refuge near St. Thomas.

It is 43 acres-wide and it has swimming-pools.^[1] As of 2012, it is the world's second most expensive private island.^[1]

References

1 2 The world's most expensive private islands, The Daily Telegraph

External links

Media related to Buck Island (British Virgin Islands) at Wikimedia Commons

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°25′26″N 64°33′29″W / 18.424°N 64.558°W / 18.424; -64.558

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