Prickly Pear (British Virgin Islands)
Prickly Pear is an uninhabited island of the British Virgin Islands in the Caribbean. Even though the island doesn't have permanent residents, it has a beach bar and recreational water sports facility on it. It is located on the north side of North Sound, opposite Virgin Gorda.
The island was declared to be a National Park in 1988.
The island provides habitat for the common Puerto Rican ameiva, crested anole, barred anole, and the big-scaled least gecko. The island's flora includes agave, and copperwood.
