Virgin Gorda Island, British Virgin Islands (original) (raw)

Virgin Gorda Island, British Virgin Islandsi

Mindat Locality ID:

259560

Long-form identifier:

mindat:1:2:259560:6

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French:

Virgin Gorda, îles Vierges britanniques

German:

Virgin Gorda, Britische Jungferninseln

Italian:

Virgin Gorda, Isole Vergini britanniche

Russian:

Верджин-Горда, Виргинские Острова

Simplified Chinese:

维尔京戈尔达岛, 英屬維爾京群島

Spanish:

Virgen Gorda, Islas Vírgenes Británicas

Arabic:

فيرجن غوردا, جزر العذراء البريطانية

Catalan:

Verge Grossa, illes Verges Britàniques

Cebuano:

Virgin Gorda, IVB

Danish:

Virgin Gorda, Britiske Jomfruøer

Dutch:

Virgin Gorda, Britse Maagdeneilanden

Farsi/Persian:

ویرجین گوردا, جزایر ویرجین بریتانیا

Galician:

Virgin Gorda, Illas Virxes Británicas

Greek:

Βίρτζιν Γκόρντα, Βρετανικές Παρθένοι Νήσοι

Hebrew:

וירג'ין גורדה, איי הבתולה הבריטיים

Hungarian:

Virgin Gorda, Brit Virgin-szigetek

Japanese:

ヴァージン・ゴルダ島, イギリス領ヴァージン諸島

Lithuanian:

Virdžin Gorda, Mergelių Salos

Macedonian:

Џирџин Горда, Британски Девствени Острови

Norwegian:

Virgin Gorda, De britiske Jomfruøyer

Polish:

Virgin Gorda, Brytyjskie Wyspy Dziewicze

Portuguese:

Virgen Gorda, Ilhas Virgens Britânicas

Serbian:

Вирџин Горда, Британска Девичанска острва

Silesian:

Virgin Gorda, IVB

Swedish:

Virgin Gorda, Brittiska Jungfruöarna

Traditional Chinese:

維爾京戈爾達島, 英屬處女群島

Virgin Gorda is the third-largest (after Tortola and Anegada) and second-most populous of the British Virgin Islands (BVI).

The main commercial and residential area is Spanish Town on the southwestern part of the island.

An unusual geologic formation known as "the Baths" located on the southern end of the island makes Virgin Gorda one of the BVI's major tourist destinations. At the Baths, in spite of evidence of the island's largely volcanic origins, huge granite boulders lie in piles on the beach, forming scenic grottoes that are open to the sea. Granite is an intrusive igneous rock, thus not volcanic. It did form from magma, however, at great depth. Granite becomes exposed at the surface only after geologic ages of erosion removes the overburden. Further erosion broke the granite into large boulders and rounded their surfaces. North of the Baths is the Virgin Gorda Yacht Harbor, formerly owned by Little Dix Bay. The most notable ruin on Virgin Gorda is the old Copper Mine.

One of the great harbors of the world, North Sound, and historically Gorda Sound, lies at the northeast end of the island. It is bordered by four islands and connecting reef systems that keep the sound calm, creating one of the world's great watersports meccas, with over 3,000 acres (1,200 ha) of protected waters. At the eastern end of the sound is the premier anchorage, in the lee of Biras Hill (elevation 435 ft (133 m)). The village, resort, and marina at this point (Jon'O'Point) is called the Bitter End Yacht Club and runs for about a mile of coastline.

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