The British Virgin Islands are a group of islands located in the northeast Caribbean. They include Tortola, Virgin Gorda, Anegada, Jost Van Dyke, Great Camanoe, Guana Island, Peter Island, Salt Island, Beef Island, Cooper Island, Ginger Island, Norman Island, and many other small islands all clustered around Sir Francis Drake Channel.

They are an overseas territory of the United Kingdom. The United Nations Committee on Decolonization lists the British Virgin Islands as one of the 16 Non-Self-Governing Territories of the world since 1945.^{[1] (http://en.wikipedia.org/pac/British_Virgin_Islands#fn_UN_decolonisation)}

British Virgin Islands

(In Detail)
National motto: The Land, The People, The Light
Official language|	English
Political status	Non-sovereign, Overseas territory of the UK
Capital	Road Town
Governor	Tom Macan
Chief minister	Orlando Smith
Area  - Total  - % water	Ranked 176th 153 kmē 1.6%
Population  - Total (2002)  - Density	Ranked 175th 21,730 260/kmē
Currency	US dollar
Time zone	UTC -4
National anthem
Internet TLD	.vg
Calling Code	1-284

From the CIA World Factbook.

• History of the British Virgin Islands
• Geography of the British Virgin Islands
• Demographics of the British Virgin Islands
• Politics of the British Virgin Islands
• Economy of the British Virgin Islands
• Communications on the British Virgin Islands
• Transportation on the British Virgin Islands
• Military of the British Virgin Islands

Maps of The British Virgin Islands from Caribbean-On-Line.com (http://www.caribbean-on-line.com)

Reference

• Note: "Non-Self-Governing Territories listed by General Assembly in 2002 (http://www.un.org/Depts/dpi/decolonization/trust3.htm)." United Nations Special Committee of 24 on Decolonization. Accessed on March 10, 2005.

External Links

• Map of The British Virgin Islands (http://www.caribbean-on-line.com/bv/bvimap.shtml)
• Map of Tortola (http://www.caribbean-on-line.com/bv/ttmap.shtml)
• Map of Road Town (http://www.caribbean-on-line.com/bv/rtmap.shtml)
• Map of Jost Van Dyke (http://www.caribbean-on-line.com/bv/jvmap.shtml)
• Map of Virgin Gorda (http://www.caribbean-on-line.com/bv/vgmap.shtml)
• Map of Anegada (http://www.caribbean-on-line.com/bv/agmap.shtml)