Prickly Pear (British Virgin Islands)

Island in the British Virgin Islands

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Prickly Pear

Prickly Pear island

The location of Prickly Pear within the British Virgin Islands

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Geography
Location| Caribbean Sea
Coordinates| 18°30′N 64°22′W﻿ / ﻿18.500°N 64.367°W﻿ / 18.500; -64.367
Archipelago| Virgin Islands
Administration

United Kingdom

British Overseas Territory| British Virgin Islands
Additional information
Time zone|

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ISO code| VG

Prickly Pear is an uninhabited island of the British Virgin Islands in the Caribbean. Even though the island doesn't have permanent residents, it has a quiet beach bar called SandBox Bar and Grill and recreational water sports facility on it. It is located on the north side of North Sound, opposite Virgin Gorda.

The island was declared to be a National Park in 1988.[1]

The island provides habitat for the common Puerto Rican ameiva (Ameiva exsul), crested anole (Anolis cristatellus wileyae), barred anole (Anolis stratulus), and the big-scaled least gecko (Sphaerodactylus macrolepis macrolepis).[2] The island's flora includes agave (Agave missionum), and copperwood (Bursera simarouba).[3]

## References

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1. ^ "Prickly Pear National Park". BVI Tourism. Archived from the original on 1 November 2014. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
2. ^ Heatwole, Harold; Levins, Richard; Byer, Michael D. (July 1981). Atoll research bulletin – Biogeography of the Puerto Rican bank. Vol. 251\. Washington, D.C.: The Smithsonian Institution. pp. 50. OCLC 45726059.
3. ^ Heatwole, Harold; Levins, Richard; Byer, Michael D. (July 1981). Atoll research bulletin – Biogeography of the Puerto Rican bank. Vol. 251\. Washington, D.C.: The Smithsonian Institution. pp. 28. OCLC 45726059.

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