Cooper Island is a small
island
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of the
British Virgin Islands
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in the
Caribbean.
There are five privately owned properties on the island, plus a small beach club resort
Cooper Island Beach Clubhas 12 hotel rooms, a restaurant, rum bar, coffee shop, solar powered brewery, and gift shop. Facilities are open to guests, day visitors and yachts using the nearby moorings. Manchioneel Bay () features 30 mooring balls that accommodate vessels up to 60 feet.
Cooper Island is a popular stop for yachts, group tours visiting
The Baths
The Baths is a beach area on the island of Virgin Gorda among the British Virgin Islands in the Caribbean.
Geography
The Baths is situated about south off the maintown Spanish Town at the southern tip of the island between Spring Bay and Devil ...
on
Virgin Gorda
Virgin Gorda () is the third-largest island (after Tortola and Anegada) and second-most populous of the British Virgin Islands (BVI).
Geography
Located at about 18 degrees, 48 minutes North, and 64 degrees, 30 minutes West, it covers an area ...
, and day boat charters from
Tortola
Tortola () is the largest and most populated island of the British Virgin Islands, a group of islands that form part of the archipelago of the Virgin Islands. It has a surface area of with a total population of 23,908, with 9,400 residents in ...
,
St. Thomas, and
St. John.
The island lies adjacent to "wreck alley", a popular
wreck diving
Wreck diving is recreational diving where the wreckage of ships, aircraft and other artificial structures are explored. Although most wreck dive sites are at shipwrecks, there is an increasing trend to scuttle retired ships to create artificia ...
site in the British Virgin Islands where a number of vessels have been
deliberately sunk as dive sites.
A local dive store near the beach club rents tanks to certified
scuba divers
This is a list of underwater divers whose exploits have made them notable.
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.
References
External links
Beach Cottages of Cooper IslandCooper Island Beach ClubRental Villa Quart-A-Nancy Point, Cooper Island
Islands of the British Virgin Islands
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