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Physical map of US Virgin Islands showing major cities, terrain, national parks, rivers, and surrounding countries with international borders and outline maps. Key facts about US Virgin Islands.
It consists of Islands in the Caribbean and borders British Virgin Islands to the east and Puerto Rico to the west. The Virgin Islands are a sovereign state of the United States and it is non-self-governing territory.
A map of the United States Virgin Islands. The U.S. Virgin Islands are in the Atlantic Ocean, about 40 miles (64 km) east of Puerto Rico and immediately west of the British Virgin Islands. They share the Virgin Islands archipelago with the Puerto Rican Virgin Islands of Vieques and Culebra (administered by Puerto Rico), and the British Virgin ...
While the Caribbean deepens to a 15,000-foot trench between the island of St. Croix, to the south, and the rest of the group to the north, the greater part of the plateau is covered by at most 165 feet of water. Most of the islands rise only to a few hundred feet above sea level, although isolated peaks are well over 1,200 feet.
The United States Virgin Islands are a group of several dozen islands and cays located in the Caribbean, about 1,100 miles (1,770 km) southeast of Florida, 600 miles (966 km) north of Venezuela, 40 miles (64 km) east of Puerto Rico, and immediately west and south of the British Virgin Islands.
Map of U.S. Virgin Islands area, showing travelers where the best hotels and attractions are located.
The Virgin Islands are an archipelago between the North Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea, geographically forming part of the Leeward Islands of the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean islands or West Indies. Overview. Map. Directions.