Cockroach Island

{{Short description|Island in the Caribbean}}

{{Use British English|date=March 2015}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}}

{{Infobox islands

| name = Cockroach Island

| image_name = Coackroach Island, BVI.jpg

| image_caption = Cockroach Island (the small rocks on the left)

| island_type =

| location = Atlantic Ocean

| image_map = Cockroach Island - Dog Islands BVI.svg

| map = British Virgin Islands#Caribbean

| map_caption = The location of Cockroach Island within the British Virgin Islands

| area_sqmi =

| coordinates = {{coord|18.4947|-64.4636|region:VG_type:isle|display=title,inline}}

| archipelago = Virgin Islands

| country = {{UK}}
{{VGB}}

| country_admin_divisions_title = British Overseas Territory

| country_admin_divisions = British Virgin Islands

| population = 0

| population_as_of =

| population_footnotes =

| timezone1 = AST

| utc_offset1 = -4

| iso_code = VG

}}

Cockroach Island is an uninhabited island of the British Virgin Islands in the Caribbean. It is located near North Sound, Virgin Gorda, amongst a collection of islands known as "The Dogs" or "The Dog Islands".

The roseate tern (Sterna dougallii) is found on the island.{{cite web|url=http://datazone.birdlife.org/userfiles/file/IBAs/CaribCntryPDFs/virgin_islands_(to_uk).pdf|title=Important Bird Areas in the Caribbean – British Virgin Islands|work=BirdLife International|page=106|accessdate=7 January 2019}} Reef flats north of the island provide habitat for Montastrea cavernosa and Gorgonia corals.{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/coralreefsofworl88well|title=Coral Reefs of the World|volume=1: Atlantic and Eastern Pacific|first=S.M.|last=Wells|publisher=UNEP/IUCN|year=1988|page=[https://archive.org/details/coralreefsofworl88well/page/75 75]|isbn=2880329434|oclc=916128569}}