Peter Island is a 720 hectare (1,779 acre) private island located in the British Virgin Islands (BVI). It is about 5.2 miles south-west (195 degrees true) from Road Harbour (Road Town), Tortola. The island was named after Pieter Adriensen (nicknamed "The Commander") who was the brother of Abraham Adriensen, Patron of Tortola under the Dutch West India Company in the early 17th century.