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The location of Jost Van Dyke in the Virgin Island chain View overlooking White Bay, Jost Van Dyke, BVI. Jost Van Dyke (/ ˈ j oʊ s t v æ n ˈ d aɪ k /; [2] sometimes colloquially referred to as JVD or Jost) is the smallest of the four main islands of the British Virgin Islands, measuring roughly 8 square kilometres (3 square miles).
Jost Van Dyke, the island named after the privateer. Joost van Dyk (sometimes spelled Joost van Dyke) was a Dutch privateer (and, reportedly, sometime pirate) who was one of the earliest European settlers in the British Virgin Islands in the seventeenth century, and established the first permanent settlements within the Territory.
The 3 "Sister Islands", including the neighbouring islets, are administered through 3 Districts, run by District Officers, under the Deputy Governor of the BVI [2] "in order to monitor, promote and facilitate the delivery of Government services to the sister islands of Virgin Gorda, Anegada, and Jost Van Dyke". This administrative setting is ...
Little Jost Van Dyke (colloquially, "Little Jost") is one of the British Virgin Islands. It is a small island on the east end of the island of Jost Van Dyke . Like Jost Van Dyke, it takes its name from the Dutch privateer Joost van Dyk .
John Coakley Lettsom was born into the Quaker community on the island of Little Jost Van Dyke in the British Virgin Islands, in 1744. John and his brother were the sole survivors of seven sets of male twins, sons of Edward and Mary Lettsom. John alone was sent to England at the age of six to be educated.
Diamond Cay is a tiny islet located just off Jost Van Dyke in the British Virgin Islands in the Caribbean. At low tide, it is connected by a sandbar to Jost Van Dyke. It was declared a national park in 1991. [1] The Diamond Cay National Park provides habitat for pelicans, terns and boobies to nest. [2] [3]
Jost Van Dyke, island of the British Virgin Islands named after Joost van Dyk; M-53 (Michigan highway), highway in the U.S. state of Michigan known as Van Dyke Avenue and Van Dyke Road in Metro Detroit; Van Dyke, Michigan, former community in the United States; Vandyke, Texas, unincorporated community in Comanche County
Strongest Atlantic forming hurricane ever recorded. Eye passed directly over Virgin Gorda, Tortola and Jost Van Dyke. Caused 4 deaths and catastrophic damage. [3] [4] [5] 2011: Hurricane Irene: 3]. . [6] 2010: Hurricane Earl: 1: Eye passed to the north of Anegada. Caused only slight damage. [7] 2008: Hurricane Omar: 3. . [8] 1999: Hurricane ...