Virgin Islands, British, dependent territory of the United Kingdom in the eastern Caribbean Sea, comprising a group of 36 islands, 16 of them inhabited, and more than 20 islets and cays in the Leeward Islands chain, located at the northern end of the Lesser Antilles some 96 km (60 mi) east of Puerto Rico. The remainder of the Virgin Islands form the United States external territory of the Virgin Islands of the United States. The British Virgin Islands have a total land area of about 153 sq km (59 sq mi), of which more than 80 per cent is accounted for by four islands. They are, with their areas: Tortola (54 sq km/21 sq mi), Anegada (39 sq km/15 sq mi), Virgin Gorda (21 sq km/8 sq mi), and Jost Van Dyke (9 sq km/3.5 sq mi). The other inhabited islands include Peter Island, Cooper Island, Beef Island, Salt Island, and Norman Island. The capital, main port of entry, and only town in the group is Road Town, situated on the south-eastern coast of Tortola.