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Encounter at Crab Island
Part of the Darian Scheme
Prospect of Christiansted on Saint Croix by Henrik Gottfried Beenfeldt
Location Crab Island (present-day Vieques, Puerto Rico) 18°07′N 65°25′W Result Danish victory Territorial changes Crab Island remains Danish
Belligerents
Scotland	Denmark–Norway
Commanders and leaders
Robert Pincarton William Paterson	Claus Hansen John Lorentz

The Encounter at Crab Island (Danish: Træfningen på Krabbe Øen) was a military encounter between Danes and Scots on Crab Island (present-day Vieques, Puerto Rico) in 1698. The encounter would not result in any military engagement and the Scots, after gathering provisions, departed from the island leaving it under Danish control.