This is the main AARF logo, which shows three animals on a yellow life raft: a small black and white kitten, a larger brown dog with a collar and a small black and white dog. The raft is floating on blue waves suggesting the Caribban sea that surrounds Anguilla. Grey clouds suggest the need to find homes for these animals, while the sun peeks out behind the clouds, representing hope for these deserving animals

Anguilla in the Caribbean

Anguilla (in orange) relative to Puerto Rico (shown by the flag in the image).

Anguilla is about 140 miles east of Puerto Rico (the large island under the flag in the image below). The World Atlas web site has a nice map of the Caribbean.

Map of the Caribbean showing Anguilla

Long and narrow, Anguilla got its name from eels.

Because of its shape, Anguilla got its name from the scientific name for eels. The local Arawak tribes called the island Malliouhana.

Below is a simple map of Anguilla taken from Anguilla-Beaches.com. The map itself came from Google maps.

Anguilla map from Google


Skyviews has a much more detailed, very high quality map of Anguilla. Be warned: it takes a long time to load.