Landmark· Salt Island· Virgin Islands (BVI, USVI and Spanish Virgins)
Rhone Graves (Salt Island)
18° 22.5′ N · 64° 31.6′ W · approximate
The mass grave of sailors from the RMS Rhone, marked by a wide circle of stones on Salt Island.
Practical
Approximate position: placed near the settlement; the exact grave site was not verified, so ask locally. Wikipedia (Salt Island): recovered bodies were buried in a mass grave marked by a wide circle of stones. Wikipedia (RMS Rhone): the Salt Island cemetery was destroyed by Hurricane Irma in 2017, so little may remain visible.
Best for
Paying respects after diving the wreck
Nearby
- Salt Island Bay Beach0.3 NM away
- Salt Island Bay Moorings0.3 NM away
- Salt Island Salt Ponds & Settlement0.3 NM away
- BVI National Parks Trust Marine Conservation Permit0.5 NM away
- Rhone Reef & Rhone stern snorkel (Lee Bay)0.5 NM away
- RMS Rhone Marine Park Day Moorings (Lee Bay)0.5 NM away
- RMS Rhone Wreck0.6 NM away
- Vanishing Rock (Cooper Island)0.6 NM away