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509.2/km 2 (1318.8/sq mi) Map of U.S. Virgin Islands. Saint Thomas ( Danish: Sankt Thomas, Spanish: Santo Tomás, French: Saint-Thomas) is one of the Virgin Islands in the Caribbean Sea, and a constituent district of the United States Virgin Islands (USVI), an unincorporated territory of the United States. Along with surrounding minor islands ...
Charlotte Amalie Harbor Seaplane Base. / 18.33861°N 64.94083°W / 18.33861; -64.94083. Charlotte Amalie Harbor Seaplane Base ( IATA: SPB, FAA LID: VI22 ), also known as St. Thomas Seaplane Base, is located in the harbor by Charlotte Amalie, Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. This private-use airport is owned by the Virgin Islands Port ...
Charlotte Amalie ( / ˈʃɑːrlət əˈmɑːli ( ə )/ SHAR-lət ə-MAH-lee (-ə) ), [2] located on St. Thomas, is the capital and the largest city of the United States Virgin Islands. It was founded in 1666 as Taphus (meaning 'tap house' or 'beer hall' in Danish ). [3] In 1691, the town was renamed to Charlotte Amalie after the Danish queen ...
The airport is named after Henry E. Rohlsen, a St. Croix native who was one of the Tuskegee Airmen during World War II . The airport, which was a hub for Aero Virgin Islands in the 1970s and 1980s, can receive jets up to the size of the Boeing 747s. Before 1996 the airport was known as Alexander Hamilton International Airport.
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Havensight on Saint Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands is a community and the busiest cruise port in the world. [1] It is located in the Southside census subdistrict (CSD), 1.5 miles from the territorial capital of Charlotte Amalie. [2] Havensight is mostly known for its deepwater port West Indian Company Dock, but is also known for its aerial ...
Fort Christian is a Dano-Norwegian-built fort in Charlotte Amalie, Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands.Built 1672-1680, early in the first successful colonial establishment on the island, the fort served as a critical point of defense and government during the entire period of Dano-Norwegian, and later Danish, administration, which ended in 1917 with the sale of the islands to the United States.
94,939. • Density. 130/km 2 (330/sq mi) Saint Thomas, once known as Saint Thomas in the East, is a suburban parish situated at the south eastern end of Jamaica, within the county of Surrey. It is the birthplace of Paul Bogle, designated in 1969 as one of Jamaica's seven National Heroes. Morant Bay, its chief town and capital, is the site of ...