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Tortola é uma ilha montanhosa de 19 km de comprimento e 5 km de largura. A área total é de 55,7 km 2. A ilha foi formada pelo vulcanismo, sendo o seu ponto mais alto o Monte Sage, de 530 metros de altitude. Tortola está situada nas proximidades de uma falha tectónica, pelo que sismos de baixa frequência são comuns na ilha.
- Ilhas Virgens Britânicas
- 530 m (Monte Sage)
Tortola (/ t ɔːr ˈ t oʊ l ə /) is the largest and most populated island of the British Virgin Islands, a group of islands that form part of the archipelago of the Virgin Islands. It has a surface area of 55.7 square kilometres (21.5 square miles) with a total population of 23,908, with 9,400 residents in Road Town .
- 55.7 km² (21.5 sq mi)
- 23,491 (2010)
- 19 km (11.8 mi)
- Caribbean Sea
Tortola é uma das maiores ilhas da dependência do Reino Unido nas Caraíbas (Caribe), as Ilhas Virgens Britânicas, que corresponde à metade oriental das Ilhas Virgens. Quick facts: Tortola, Geografia física, Geografia humana...
Road Town, located on Tortola, is the capital and largest town of the British Virgin Islands. It is situated on the horseshoe-shaped Road Harbour in the centre of the island's south coast. The population was about 15,000 in 2018.
- United Kingdom
- VG1110
- 10 m (30 ft)
- Tortola
Tortola, largest of the British Virgin Islands, part of the Lesser Antilles chain, which separates the Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea. Its name is from the Spanish tórtola (“turtle dove”). It lies about 60 miles (100 km) east of Puerto Rico. Tortola is composed of a long chain of steep hills.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
The British Virgin Islands consist of the main islands of Tortola, Virgin Gorda, Anegada and Jost Van Dyke, along with more than 50 other smaller islands and cays. About 16 of the islands are inhabited. The capital, Road Town, is on Tortola, the largest
Tortola. Pour les articles homonymes, voir Tortola (homonymie) . Tortola (signifiant « tourterelle » en espagnol) est une île des Îles Vierges britanniques (IVB). Géographie. D'une superficie de 56 km2, l'île comptait 18 500 habitants en 2004 et abrite Road Town, la capitale des Îles Vierges britanniques .
