Visit Salt Island, British Virgin Islands (BVI)

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Salt Island is in the British Virgin Islands located about 4.7 miles south east of Road Town, Tortola. It is named after its salt ponds, which were once an important resource. The island is most notable for the wreck of the Royal Mail packet steamer, RMS Rhone which sank in a hurricane on October 29, 1867 after she was driven back on Salt Island while attempting to head to safety at sea. Most of the ship's crew were lost. The wreck of the Rhone is one of the best scuba diving sites in the Caribbean. Some of the underwater scenes in film The Deep were filmed in and around the wreck. Salt Island dive sites also include Rhone Reef, Blonde Rock and Vanishing Rocks. When on the island visit the cemetery and wall commemorating sailors from the Rhone. Lee Bay is the day anchorage to dive RMS Rhone- Salt Island Bay is another good day anchorage. There are day mooring bouys on the west side of the island.

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