A Travelers Guide To Anegada And The British Virgin Islands
Monday, December 1st, 2003Perched at the northern reaches of the Virgin Islands chain, Anegada is the northeastern most and the one of the largest in land area of the British Virgin Islands and could easily be called an overgrown sandbar. Unlike the rest of the British Virgin Islands volcanic geologic structure however, it s actually a coral and limestone outcropping. At most 28 feet above the water it s not a terribly exciting destination for lets say, a mountain climber. But for sailors, beachgoers and those seeking a little peace and quite it s just the ticket.
With a point southeast of Loblolly Bay as the central northernmost point, the Island arcs gently northwest and southwest respectively and is protected from the Atlantic surf by the Horseshoe reef just offshore that has proven so deadly to hundreds of seafaring vessels. Due to it s prominence of position to the Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea, Anegada has experienced roughly 37 hurricanes and tropical storms in the last 100 years which may explain more than a few (more...)
