Little Sisters

For other uses, see Little Sister (disambiguation).

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The Little Sisters is an informal name for a group of some of the smaller islands of the British Virgin Islands, south of Tortola and southwest of Virgin Gorda. These islands are also called the Southern Islands.

Also included in the group are several smaller rocky outcroppings.

The closest thing to a formal endorsement of the term occurs in the Labour Code, 2010^[1] (a British Virgin Islands statute) which includes a reference and statutory definition for the "Sister Islands", which the Code defines as meaning 'the islands of the Virgin Islands other than Tortola'.^[2]

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Norman Island
Pelican Island
Peter Island
Salt Island
Cooper Island
Ginger Island
Carvel Rock
Dead Chest Island

Footnotes

↑ Statute No 4 of 2010
↑ The definition appears in section 3. The only time the term is used in section 70, which exempts employees on other islands from needing a doctor's certificate to validate a sick day.

Islands of the British Virgin Islands

Anegada Beef Island Bellamy Cay Buck Island Carvel Rock Cockroach Island Cooper Island Dead Chest Island Diamond Cay Dog Islands East Seal Dog Island Eustatia Fallen Jerusalem Island Frenchman's Cay George Dog Island Ginger Island Great Camanoe Great Dog Island Great Thatch Great Tobago Island Green Cay Guana Island The Indians Jost Van Dyke Little Camanoe Little Jost Van Dyke Little Thatch Little Tobago Little Wickmans Cay Marina Cay Mosquito Island Nanny Cay Necker Island Norman Island Old Jerusalem Island Pelican Island Peter Island Prickly Pear Round Rock Saba Rock Salt Island Sandy Cay Sandy Spit Scrub Island Tortola Virgin Gorda West Dog Island

Coordinates: 18°21′35″N 64°32′26″W / 18.35972°N 64.54056°W / 18.35972; -64.54056

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