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The Coat of arms of the British Virgin Islands

The location of the British Virgin Islands

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the British Virgin Islands:

British Virgin Islands (BVI) – British overseas territory located in the eastern portion of the Virgin Islands Archipelago in the Caribbean Sea.^[1] The Virgin Islands are part of the Leeward Islands of the Lesser Antilles. The United States Virgin Islands comprises the western portion of the archipelago. Technically the name of the Territory is simply the "Virgin Islands", but in practice since 1917 they have been almost universally referred to as the "British Virgin Islands" to distinguish the islands from the American Territory.^[2] To add to the regional confusion, the Puerto Rican islands of Culebra, Vieques and surrounding islands began referring to themselves as the "Spanish Virgin Islands" as part of a tourism drive in the early 2000s.

The British Virgin Islands consist of the main islands of Tortola, Virgin Gorda, Anegada and Jost Van Dyke, along with over fifty other smaller islands and cays. Approximately fifteen of the islands are inhabited. The largest island, Tortola, is approximately 20 km (approx. 12 mi) long and 5 km (approx. 3 mi) wide. The islands have a total population of about 22,000, of whom approximately 18,000 live on Tortola. Road Town, the capital, is situated on Tortola.

General reference

Pronunciation:
Common English country name: The British Virgin Islands
Official English country name: Virgin Islands^[3]
Common endonym(s):
Official endonym(s):
Adjectival(s): Virgin Island
Demonym(s):
ISO country codes: VG, VGB, 092
ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:VG
Internet country code top-level domain: .vg

Geography of the British Virgin Islands

The British Virgin Islands are: a British overseas territory
Location:
- Northern Hemisphere and Western Hemisphere
  - North America (though not on the mainland)
- Atlantic Ocean
  - North Atlantic
    - Caribbean, east of Puerto Rico
      - Antilles
        Lesser Antilles
        Leeward Islands
        Virgin Islands archipelago
- Time zone: Eastern Caribbean Time (UTC-04)
- Extreme points of the British Virgin Islands
  - High: Mount Sage 521 m (1,709 ft)
  - Low: Caribbean Sea 0 m
- Land boundaries: none
- Coastline: 80 km
Population of the British Virgin Islands: 2005 census: 22,016
Area of the British Virgin Islands: 153 km²
Atlas of the British Virgin Islands

Environment of the British Virgin Islands

Natural geographic features of the British Virgin Islands

Fjords of the British Virgin Islands
Glaciers of the British Virgin Islands
Islands of the British Virgin Islands
Lakes of the British Virgin Islands
Mountains of the British Virgin Islands
- Volcanoes in the British Virgin Islands
Rivers of the British Virgin Islands
- Waterfalls of the British Virgin Islands
Valleys of the British Virgin Islands
World Heritage Sites in the British Virgin Islands: None

Regions of the British Virgin Islands

Ecoregions of the British Virgin Islands

List of ecoregions in the British Virgin Islands

Administrative divisions of the British Virgin Islands

Provinces of the British Virgin Islands
- Districts of the British Virgin Islands
  - Municipalities of the British Virgin Islands

Provinces of the British Virgin Islands

Districts of the British Virgin Islands

Municipalities of the British Virgin Islands

Capital of the British Virgin Islands: Road Town
Cities of the British Virgin Islands

Demography of the British Virgin Islands

Demographics of the British Virgin Islands

Government and politics of the British Virgin Islands

Politics of the British Virgin Islands

Form of government: parliamentary representative democratic dependency
Capital of the British Virgin Islands: Road Town
Elections in the British Virgin Islands
Political parties in the British Virgin Islands
Taxation in the British Virgin Islands

Foreign relations of the British Virgin Islands

International organization membership

The government of the British Virgin Islands is a member of:^[1]

Caribbean Community and Common Market (Caricom) (associate)
Caribbean Development Bank (CDB)
International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) (subbureau)
International Olympic Committee (IOC)
Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS)
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) (associate)
Universal Postal Union (UPU)
World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU)

Law and order in the British Virgin Islands

Law of the British Virgin Islands

Military of the British Virgin Islands

Local government in the British Virgin Islands

History of the British Virgin Islands

Culture of the British Virgin Islands

Art in the British Virgin Islands

Literature

Among the noted names in Virgin Islands literature are Alphaeus Osario Norman (1885-1942), Verna Penn Moll, Jennie Wheatley, and Patricia G. Turnbull. Their poetry and that of 22 other writers, including the fastly emerging poet and literary critic Richard Georges, can be found in Where I See the Sun – Contemporary Poetry in The Virgin Islands (Tortola, Virgin Gorda, Anegada, Jost Van Dyke), an anthology edited by Lasana M. Sekou in 2016.^[4]

Sports in the British Virgin Islands

Economy and infrastructure of the British Virgin Islands

Economy of the British Virgin Islands

Education in the British Virgin Islands

References

^ ^a ^b "British Virgin Islands". The World Factbook. United States Central Intelligence Agency. 3 July 2009. Retrieved 23 July 2009.
^ British Virgin Islands government publications had traditionally continued to commence with "The Territory of the Virgin Islands", but recently, more and more legislation now simply refers to the Territory as the British Virgin Islands. The Interpretation Act (Cap 136) (1985) defines the "Territory" as simply the "Virgin Islands"; but the Insolvency Act, 2003 defines a "foreign company" as 'a body corporate that is incorporated, registered or formed outside the British Virgin Islands.'
^ The Virgin Islands (Constitution) Order 1976
^ "Virgin Islands Platinum News ... BVI Daily News You Can Count on".