George Dog Island

George Dog Island. Virgin Gorda is visible in the background, and West Dog (on the right) and Great Dog (on the left) can also be seen.

George Dog is an uninhabited island of the British Virgin Islands in the Caribbean. It is located in a smaller sub-group of islands referred to as "The Dogs" (which include Little Seal Dog Island and West Dog Island) to the northwest of Virgin Gorda.

On the north west side of the island is a popular diving site known as "Bronco Billy", so named because of the surge which carries divers through a box canyon is thought to be similar to riding a bucking Bronco (it is believed that the name pre-dated the 1980 film of the same name). The site achieved a degree of fame when Jacques Cousteau declared it to be his favourite site in the Territory, ahead of more famous dive sites like the Wreck of the Rhone and The Indians.

Panorama from the South end of George Dog Island

Islands of the British Virgin Islands

Anegada Beef Island Bellamy Cay Buck Island Carvel Rock Cockroach Island Cooper Island Dead Chest Island Diamond Cay Dog Islands East Seal Dog Island Eustatia Fallen Jerusalem Island Frenchman's Cay George Dog Island Ginger Island Great Camanoe Great Dog Island Great Thatch Great Tobago Island Green Cay Guana Island The Indians Jost Van Dyke Little Camanoe Little Jost Van Dyke Little Thatch Little Tobago Little Wickams Cay Marina Cay Mosquito Island Nanny Cay Necker Island Norman Island Old Jerusalem Island Pelican Island Peter Island Prickly Pear Round Rock Saba Rock Salt Island Sandy Cay Sandy Spit Scrub Island Tortola Virgin Gorda West Dog Island Wickams Cay

Coordinates: 18°29′34″N 64°27′26″W / 18.4928°N 64.4571°W / 18.4928; -64.4571

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