Salt Island is named for the island’s three evaporation ponds. Salt Island was once an important source of salt for the Queen of England. The island and its salt ponds still belong to England, but the locals run the salt production. Each year, at the start of the harvest, one bag of salt is given to the Governor of the Virgin Islands as rent. Today, only 1 man seems to be living on Salt Island. Just offshore of Salt Island is the site of the wreck of the RMS Rhone. This was a mail ship that sunk during a hurricane a long time ago. It is a great place to dive, and you can even see some of the wreck if you snorkel over it.