Peter
Island is a private island located in the British
Virgin Islands, about 5.2 miles south west (195 degrees
true) from Road Harbour (Road Town), Tortola, is part
of the BVI archipelago that run along the Sir Francis
Drake Channel.
Peter
Island is the largest private island in the BVI and
the fifth largest of 60 islands, quays, and exposed
reefs that comprise the BVI. Dead Chest Island, an
uninhabited island, is close to Peter Island.
The beaches
face the Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean Sea, and Sir
Francis Drake Channel. The island is predominately
undeveloped with hiking and biking trails on which
to discover the tropical flora and fauna indigenous
to Peter Island. The only hotel, the 52-room Peter
Island Resort, ranked in Conde Nast Traveler’s
“Gold List,” and the Travel and Leisure
“T+L 500” for 2007, is accessible by boat
or helicopter.
The island
was named after Pieter Adriensen (nicknamed "the
Commander") who was the brother Abraham Adriensen,
Patron of Tortola under the Dutch West India Company
in the early 17th century. Pieter Adriensen and Joost
van Dyk built a fort and slave pens at Great Harbour
on Peter Island to facilitate privateering and the
nascent trade in slaves from Angola.
Further
infomration on the Britisha Virgin Islands can be
found at Wikipedia. |
