Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX (CC BY 4.0). Outline and points © OpenStreetMap contributors / Natural Earth. North up.
In numbers
40.0km²
Area
40km
Coastline
9m
Highest point
450
People
29°C
Warmest sea
September
884km
To the mainland
When to go to Anegada
Best for the beach from December to April.
The sea is warmest in September (29 °C) and coolest in February (26 °C). You can swim comfortably all year (21 °C or more).
Averages 1991–2020. Sea: NOAA OISST, the water within 35 km of the coast. Air, rain and sun: NASA POWER. Best months weigh warm afternoons (23–30 °C), sea of 24 °C or more and few wet days.
Island in British Virgin Islands
Anegada is an island in United Kingdom. It belongs to Caribbean. It covers 40.0 km², with 40 km of coastline. Its highest point rises to 9 m. About 450 people live on it. The nearest mainland is 884 km away.
Getting there
- Virgin Gorda Airport (VIJ)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 33 km in a straight lineCar hire at STX airport (Christiansted)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- FerriesRoad Town, Tortola - Setting Point, Anegada, Virgin Gorda Yacht Harbour - Lobster Trap Dock, Anegada
- 884 km from the mainlanddistance to the nearest continental coast
- From December to Aprilbest months to go (from 30 years of averages)
Plan the trip
Ferries, stays and things to do
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On the island
What you find on Anegada.
- 2beaches
- 1ferry terminalsSetting Point
- 1hotels, guesthouses and apartments
- 5restaurants, cafés and bars
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit, inside the island's outline. A low number may only mean nobody has mapped it yet.
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Everything Coastya, Peakyas, Lakeyas and Cascadyas know about what lies inside Anegada, each with its own numbers.
1lakeLakeyas
Largest lake
4.5km²
Flamingo Pond
according to Lakeyas
Warmest lake
28.0°C
Flamingo Pond
surface water, warmest month · according to Lakeyas
1 lakes
on Lakeyas, the lake atlas
- Flamingo Pond4.5km²
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The shape of the land.
On average the island stands 4 m above the sea. 100 % of it is below 200 m.
- 100 %0–50 m
Share of the island's area in each altitude band, from the Copernicus DEM (30 m, read at 30–240 m on large islands).
Size, for real
Next to islands you may know.
10 km
All outlines drawn to the same scale (Natural Earth and OpenStreetMap).
Month by month
The weather on the island.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afternoon high (°C) | 26 | 26 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 27 |
| Night low (°C) | 25 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 26 |
| Sea (°C) | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 27 |
| Rain (mm) | 23 | 14 | 20 | 28 | 63 | 46 | 57 | 72 | 91 | 104 | 87 | 40 |
| Wet days | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 9 |
| Sun h/day | 8.1 | 8.8 | 9.2 | 9.4 | 8.7 | 8.8 | 8.9 | 8.9 | 8.5 | 7.7 | 7.3 | 7.6 |
| Wind (km/h) | 24 | 24 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 26 | 24 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 25 |
Averages 1991–2020 for the ~55 km NASA POWER cell over the island; the sea from NOAA OISST.
Recent years
Warmer and cooler years at sea.
Each month's sea temperature compared with its 1991–2020 average, in degrees.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | +0.8 | +0.7 | +0.6 | +0.9 | +0.6 | +0.5 | +0.8 | +0.4 | +0.7 | +0.3 | +0.2 | +0.4 |
| 2021 | +0.4 | +0.5 | +0.2 | +0.2 | +0.2 | −0.1 | +0.3 | +0.1 | +0.7 | +0.4 | +0.4 | +0.6 |
| 2022 | +0.5 | +0.4 | +0.3 | ±0.0 | ±0.0 | +0.2 | +0.2 | +0.4 | +0.2 | ±0.0 | ±0.0 | ±0.0 |
| 2023 | +0.3 | +0.2 | +0.3 | +0.3 | +0.8 | +0.9 | +0.9 | +1.0 | +1.1 | +0.9 | +0.6 | +0.4 |
| 2024 | +0.7 | +0.7 | +1.1 | +1.0 | +1.4 | +1.5 | +1.3 | +1.0 | +1.2 | +1.7 | +1.0 | +1.0 |
| 2025 | +1.2 | +0.9 | +1.0 | +0.7 | +0.6 | +0.1 | +0.5 | +0.7 | +0.7 | +0.7 | +0.6 | +0.7 |
+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual
Nearby
More islands nearby.
Tortola
United Kingdom57 km²523 m44 km away
Virgin GordaUnited Kingdom22 km²117 m30 km away
Saint John
United States50 km²121 m62 km away
Saint ThomasUnited States72 km²473 m76 km away
Jost Van DykeUnited Kingdom8.5 km²321 m53 km away
Anguilla
Anguilla72 km²65 m146 km away
Peter Island
British Virgin Islands4.3 km²83 m50 km away
Saint CroixUnited States218 km²354 m120 km awayAbout these numbers
| Names, area, population | Wikidata (Q519873) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Outline | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Sea temperature | NOAA OISST v2.1 · 1991–2020 |
| Climate | NASA POWER · 1991–2020 |
| Relief, 3D model | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Beaches, ports, lighthouses, trails | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Towns | GeoNames · CC BY 4.0 |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Beaches, mountains, lakes and waterfalls | Lakeyas — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0; HydroLAKES (Messager et al. 2016) · CC BY 4.0, LakeTEMP (Korver et al. 2024) · CC BY 4.0 |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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