Landmark· Cayo Ratones· Virgin Islands (BVI, USVI and Spanish Virgins)
Cayo Ratones (La Cordillera)
18° 22.9′ N · 65° 34.8′ W
A 60-ft islet just east of Icacos with a bare ledge summit and rocks off its north side, part of the reserve's chain of bird cays.
Practical
Position from OpenStreetMap. Coast Pilot 5: 250 yards east of Cayo Icacos, 60 ft high, the east summit a large bare ledge; bare rocks off its north side and a reef awash between it and Icacos. A 300-yard-wide channel with 15 to 40 ft runs between Ratones and the bare rocks northwest of Cayo Lobos (see Ratones–Lobos Channel). Protected by La Cordillera reserve.
Best for
A landmark for the Icacos–Lobos channel