Salt Island, British Virgin Islands
UTC-4) | |
ISO code | VG |
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Salt Island Lighthouse | |
Construction | metal post |
Height | 5 m (16 ft) |
Shape | post atop a building[1][2] |
Markings | white building |
Power source | solar power |
Focal height | 53 m (174 ft) |
Range | 14 nmi (26 km; 16 mi) |
Characteristic | Fl W 10s |
Salt Island is one of the islands of the archipelago of the British Virgin Islands located about 4.7 miles south east (151 degrees true) of Road Town, the main town on Tortola. It is named after its salt ponds, which were once an important resource.
Salt Island is most notable for the wreck of the Royal Mail packet steamer,
The wreck of the Rhone is one of the best scuba diving sites in the Caribbean. Some of the underwater scenes in film The Deep were filmed in and around the wreck.
The population of the island hasn't been more than three people since at least 1980. They pay an annual rent to the
The island is often visited by yachts and gets an occasional smaller cruise ship. Where before there were twenty or more households there are now only three or four derelict houses.
Tributes of Salt
The harvesting of salt was once an annual tradition on Salt Island going back to the days of
See also
References
- ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of British Virgin Islands". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
- List of Lights. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2016.
- ^ a b c Island Sun news report published on 14 March 2015, "His Excellency The Governor Meets Her Majesty The Queen"
- ^ JTV news report: 13 June 2015
External links
- Salt Island Archived 26 May 2013 at the Wayback Machine at BVI Bound