Bermuda is a British Overseas Territory, member of the Caribbean Community, situated in the North Atlantic Ocean, off the east shore of North America about 1,070 km east-southeast of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, 1,236 km south of Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia, and 1,578 km north of San Juan, Puerto Rico and lies 1,544 km north of Road Town, British Virgin Islands. The capital city is Hamilton.