Cooper Island (British Virgin Islands)

Cooper Island
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ISO code	VG

Cooper Island is a small island of the British Virgin Islands in the Caribbean.

There are five privately owned properties on the island, plus a small beach club resort. Cooper Island Beach Club has 8 hotel rooms, a restaurant, rum bar, coffee shop, solar powered brewery, and gift shop. Facilities are open to guests, day visitors and yachts using the nearby moorings. Manchioneel Bay (/ˈmækəniːl/) features 30 mooring balls that accommodate vessels up to 60 feet.

Cooper Island is a popular stop for yachts, group tours visiting The Baths on Virgin Gorda, and day boat charters from Tortola, St. Thomas, and St. John.

The island lies adjacent to "wreck alley", a popular wreck diving site in the British Virgin Islands where a number of vessels have been deliberately sunk as dive sites.^[2] A local dive store near the beach club rents tanks to certified scuba divers.

References

^ "Virgin Islands 2010 Population and Housing Census Report" (PDF). p. 6. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
^ "The Story of Cooper Island: Where history and legend mingle". The Welcome Guide to the BVI. Retrieved 18 August 2022.

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[1] "Virgin Islands 2010 Population and Housing Census Report" (PDF). p. 6. Retrieved 7 January 2019.

[2] "The Story of Cooper Island: Where history and legend mingle". The Welcome Guide to the BVI. Retrieved 18 August 2022.

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