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Caribmap is a non-profit online library of historical and modern maps, including topographic maps, of the Caribbean islands. [1] Since its establishment in 1999, the site has accumulated approximately 1800 maps of the islands that have been printed since the beginning of the 16th century [2] The purpose of the site is to allow users, such as historians and scientists, to gain detailed ...
Coral Bay, Saint John; map from 1720 Map of the U.S. Virgin Islands. Saint John (Danish: Sankt Jan; Spanish: San Juan) 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.
The Caribbean Sea. Most of the Caribbean countries are islands in the Caribbean Sea, with only a few in inland lakes. The largest islands include Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica and Puerto Rico. Some of the smaller islands are referred to as a rock or reef. Islands are listed in alphabetical order by sovereign state.
Island Area (km 2) Area (sq mi) Country or Countries 112 Little San Salvador Island: 9.7 - Bahamas: 113 Catalina Island: 9.6 - Dominican Republic: 114 Terre-de-Bas: 9 - Guadeloupe: 115 Conception Island: 8.5 3 Bahamas: 116 Ronde Island: 8.1 - Grenada: 117 Jost Van Dyke: 8 3 British Virgin Islands: 118 Union Island: 8 3 Saint Vincent and the ...
The Danish West Indies (Danish: Dansk Vestindien) or Danish Virgin Islands (Danish: Danske Jomfruøer) or Danish Antilles were a Danish colony in the Caribbean, consisting of the islands of Saint Thomas with 83 square kilometres (32 sq mi); Saint John (Danish: St. Jan) with 49 square kilometres (19 sq mi); and Saint Croix with 220 square kilometres (85 sq mi).
Flanagan Island (sometimes referred to in older charts as Witch Island) is an island located within the Virgin Islands archipelago in the Caribbean and forms part of the U.S. Virgin Islands. It is located just off of the eastern end of St. John Island .
Redonda is an uninhabited Caribbean island which is a dependency of Saint John, Antigua and Barbuda, [2] in the Leeward Islands, West Indies.The island is about 1.6 kilometres (1 mi) long, 0.5 kilometres (0.3 mi) wide, and is 296 metres (971 ft) high at its highest point.
The island's perimeter is roughly 87 km (54 mi) and its area 281 km 2 (108 sq mi). Its population was 83,191 (at the 2011 Census). [4] The economy is mainly reliant on tourism, with the agricultural sector serving the domestic market. Over 22,000 people live in the capital city, St. John's. The capital is situated in the north-west and has a ...