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Dog Islands are a small group of islets among the British Virgin Islands in the Caribbean. The islands originally received their names from sailors who heard barking when they moored there, and assumed that they must be dogs. However, the barking noises were made by Caribbean monk seals. The sailors also regarded the Caribbean monk seal as a good source of fresh seal meat, and as a result, they are now believed by scientists to be extinct. ==Geography== The Dog Islands are situated about north east off the main island of Tortola and about off the north west of Virgin Gorda in the strait ''Sir Francis Drake Channel''. The coordinates of the main islet are 18°28′96″N and 64°27′70″W. The uninhabited islets are of volcanic origin and have a total area of about The group consist of 5 islets: * ''Great Dog Island'', main islet, about * ''George Dog Island'', about * ''West Dog Island'', about 〔(West Dog )〕 :and the subgroup ''Seal Dogs'' about north east off Great Dog Island with * ''East Seal Dog Island'', about and * ''Little Seal Dog Island'' (mostly called ''West Seal Dog''), about 〔(Seal Dog ).〕 Situated west off ''George Dog'' lies the small islet ''Cockroach Island''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dog Islands」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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