Tortola, British Virgin Islands

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Tortola,_British_Virgin_Islands
GPTKB entity
Statements (37)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:island
gptkbp:airport gptkb:Terrance_B._Lettsome_International_Airport
gptkbp:archipelago gptkb:Virgin_Islands
gptkbp:area 55.7 km²
gptkbp:capital gptkb:British_Virgin_Islands
gptkbp:country gptkb:British_Virgin_Islands
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:currency gptkb:United_States_dollar
gptkbp:discoveredBy gptkb:Christopher_Columbus
gptkbp:discoveredIn 1493
gptkbp:ethnicGroup gptkb:Carib
Afro-Caribbean
East Indian
European
gptkbp:highestPoint gptkb:Mount_Sage
530 meters
gptkbp:homeport gptkb:Road_Town
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Tortola, British Virgin Islands
gptkbp:largestCity gptkb:Road_Town
gptkbp:location gptkb:Caribbean_Sea
gptkbp:mainIndustry agriculture
financial services
tourism
gptkbp:nearby gptkb:Jost_Van_Dyke
gptkb:Virgin_Gorda
gptkb:Anegada
gptkbp:notableAttraction gptkb:Cane_Garden_Bay
gptkb:Smuggler's_Cove
gptkb:Brewers_Bay
gptkb:Sage_Mountain_National_Park
gptkb:Josiah's_Bay
gptkbp:officialLanguage English
gptkbp:population approximately 24,000
gptkbp:timezone gptkb:Atlantic_Standard_Time_(UTC-4)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:John_Coakley_Lettsom
gptkb:Cruz_Bay
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6