# Little Thatch

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{{About|the private island|the 14th-century timber-framed building|The Little Thatch}}

{{Use British English|date=March 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{Infobox islands
| name = Little Thatch
| image_name = Karibik - Brit. Jungferninseln - Great Thatch Island – Little Tatch Island – Frenchmans Cay - West End of Tortola – Jost van Dyke - panoramio.jpg
| image_caption = Little Thatch on the left
| island_type = 
| location = [Caribbean Sea](/source/Caribbean_Sea)
| image_map = Little Thatch, Jost Van Dyke BVI.svg
| map = British Virgin Islands#Caribbean
| map_caption = The location of Little Thatch within the British Virgin Islands
| area_sqmi = 
| coordinates = {{coord|18.3815|N|64.7160|W|region:VG_type:isle|display=title,inline}}
| archipelago = [Virgin Islands](/source/Virgin_Islands)
| country = United Kingdom
| country_admin_divisions_title = [British Overseas Territory](/source/British_Overseas_Territory)
| country_admin_divisions = [British Virgin Islands](/source/British_Virgin_Islands)
| population = 
| population_as_of = 
| population_footnotes = 
| timezone1        = [AST](/source/Atlantic_Time_Zone)
| utc_offset1      = -4
| iso_code         = VG
}}

'''Little Thatch''' is a privately owned island of the [British Virgin Islands](/source/British_Virgin_Islands) in the Caribbean, upon which a resort has been built. The island is located less than {{convert|500|yd}} from the western end of [Tortola](/source/Tortola), and is less than {{convert|1|mi}} away from [Saint John, United States Virgin Islands](/source/Saint_John%2C_United_States_Virgin_Islands).  The island was sold by John and Jill Maynard in December 2014 to the owners of [OtterBox](/source/OtterBox), Curt and Nancy Richardson.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bareboatsbvi.com/resort-islands/little-thatch-island.php|title=Little Thatch Island in the British Virgin Islands|website=bareboatsbvi.com}}</ref>

It is believed to take its name from the famous pirate, Edward Teach (better known as "[Blackbeard](/source/Blackbeard)"), although there is little evidence Blackbeard ever sailed in the Virgin Islands.

The island provides habitat for the [big-scaled least gecko](/source/big-scaled_least_gecko) (''Sphaerodactylus macrolepis macrolepis'').<ref name="ARB">{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/atollresearchb2412511smit/page/48|title=Atoll research bulletin – Biogeography of the Puerto Rican bank|first1=Harold|last1=Heatwole|first2=Richard|last2=Levins|first3=Michael D.|last3=Byer|volume=251|pages=48|publisher=The Smithsonian Institution|location=Washington, D.C.|date=July 1981|oclc=45726059}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{British Virgin Islands}}

Category:Private islands of the British Virgin Islands
Category:Blackbeard

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