British Virgin Islands, Private Islands From the air Necker Island is a raw emerald anchored in a pool of turquoise. The verdant peak slopes gently downward to the azure and sapphire hues of the Caribbean Sea. Tapering sandbars and shallow coves punctuate the shoreline, and flat planes of sugar-white sand form an almost unbroken garland of pristine beaches. Like a vision of Eden, Necker Island juts up from the ocean a mile north of Virgin Gorda in the celebrated British Virgin Islands. Total ...