ANEGADA ISLAND

one of the British Virgin Islands and the northernmost of the Lesser Antilles, a chain separating the Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea, lying about 80 miles (130 km) east-northeast of Puerto Rico. The island has an area of 15 square miles (39 square km). Annual rainfall averages a moderate 50 inches (1,275 mm). Unlike the other Virgin Islands, Anegada (Spanish: Inundated) is fairly flat, being made of coral and limestone with very little subsoil and no water. There are dangerous reefs, and Anegada's waters contain many still-unexplored shipwrecks. Pop. (1980) 164.