Little Thatch is a privately owned island of the

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in the Caribbean, upon which a resort has been built. The island is located less than from the western end of

Tortola Tortola () is the largest and most populated island of the British Virgin Islands, a group of islands that form part of the archipelago of the Virgin Islands. It has a surface area of with a total population of 23,908, with 9,400 residents in ...

, and is less than away from

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. The island was sold by John and Jill Maynard in December 2014 to the owners of OtterBox, Curt and Nancy Richardson. It is believed to take its name from the famous pirate, Edward Teach (better known as "

Blackbeard Edward Teach (or Thatch; – 22 November 1718), better known as Blackbeard, was an English pirate who operated around the West Indies and the eastern coast of Britain's North American colonies. Little is known about his early life, but he ma ...

"), although there is little evidence Blackbeard ever sailed in the Virgin Islands. The island provides habitat for the big-scaled least gecko (''Sphaerodactylus macrolepis macrolepis'').

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