The British Virgin Islands (BVI) are one of three political divisions of the Virgin Islands archipelago located in the Lesser Antilles, between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean. The BVI  are the easternmost part of the island chain. The land area totals () (about 0.9 times the size of Washington, DC) and comprises 16 inhabited and more than 20 uninhabited islands.
The British Virgin Islands (BVI), one of three political divisions of the Virgin Islands archipelago, are located in the Lesser Antilles between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean. They are the easternmost part of the island chain. The BVI have a land area of approximately 0.9 times that of Washington, D.C., and consist of 16 inhabited and over 20 uninhabited islands.