Flirt Rocks

Coordinates: 18°16′36″N 63°10′48″W / 18.27667°N 63.18000°W / 18.27667; -63.18000
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Flirt Rocks
Flirt Rocks is located in Anguilla
Flirt Rocks
Flirt Rocks
The location of Flirt Rocks within Anguilla
Flirt Rocks is located in Caribbean
Flirt Rocks
Flirt Rocks
Flirt Rocks (Caribbean)
Geography
LocationAtlantic Ocean
Coordinates18°16′36″N 63°10′48″W / 18.27667°N 63.18000°W / 18.27667; -63.18000
ArchipelagoAntilles
Administration
United Kingdom
British Overseas TerritoryAnguilla
Additional information
Time zone
ISO codeAI

Flirt Rocks are two small, uninhabited, rocky islets off of Anguilla, in the Leeward Islands of the Caribbean. They are located 0.75 miles (1.21 km) north of the Prickly Pear Cays. Seal Reef is situated east of the Flirt Rocks.[1]

The islets consist of the Great and Little Flirt Rocks. The Great Flirt (18°16′36″N 63°10′49″W / 18.27667°N 63.18028°W / 18.27667; -63.18028) is approximately 20 feet (6.1 m) above sea level while Little Flirt (18°16′30″N 63°10′32″W / 18.27500°N 63.17556°W / 18.27500; -63.17556) is approximately 8 feet (2.4 m) to 10 feet (3.0 m) above sea level.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ United States Hydrographic Office; Ray, Robert C. (1888). The Navigation of the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico: The West India Islands, including the Bahama Banks and Islands and the Bermuda Islands. Rev. and comp. by Lieutenant S. L. Graham ... and Lieutenant F. E. Sawyer. Government Printint Office. pp. 262–. Retrieved 12 February 2011.
  2. ^ James Imray and Son (1897). West Indies Directory: Puerto Rico and the Caribbee Islands. pp. 57–. Retrieved 12 February 2011.