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Description. Lying on the northern (Atlantic) side of the island, Magens Bay (Estate Zufriedenheit) features a well-protected white sand beach stretching for nearly three quarters of a mile. It is one of the most popular tourist destinations on the island, as well as a gathering place for locals. The beach sits at the head of a deep bay, the ...
The first congregation was the St. Thomas Reformed Church, which was established in 1660 and was associated with the Dutch Reformed Church. [11] Denmark-Norway's first attempt to settle the island in 1665 failed. However, the Danes did resettle St. Thomas in 1672, under the sponsorship of the Glueckstadt Co., later the Danish West India Company ...
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 ...
550/km 2 (1,400/sq mi) ZIP code. 00802. East End is nr. 2 of St. Thomas. East End is an administrative subdistrict of the island of St. Thomas in the United States Virgin Islands. [1] The largest community is Red Hook, while smaller communities include Benner, Nazareth, Nadir, Frydendal, and Smith Bay. The subdistrict includes the offshore ...
Charlotte Amalie (/ ˈʃɑːrlətəˈmɑːli (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 ...
A map of the United States Virgin Islands. U.S. Virgin Islands - NASA NLT Landsat 7 (Visible Color) Satellite Image. 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 ...
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.
Saint Thomas (Brandenburg colony) Coordinates: 18°20′N 64°55′W. The Brandenburg colony of St. Thomas consisted of a leased part of the Danish island of St. Thomas (today part of the United States Virgin Islands) to the Brandenburg-Prussia margraviate of the Holy Roman Empire from 1685 to 1754. [1][2]