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2. United States Virgin Islands - Wikipedia

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   VI. US-VI. Internet TLD. .vi. The United States Virgin Islands, [ b] officially the Virgin Islands of the United States, are a group of Caribbean islands and an unincorporated and organized territory of the United States. [ 8] The islands are geographically part of the Virgin Islands archipelago and are located in the Leeward Islands of the ...

3. Geography of the United States Virgin Islands - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

4. Virgin Islands - Wikipedia

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   The locations of the US and UK Virgin Islands Rigobert Bonne: Map of the Virgin Islands, 1780. Christopher Columbus named the islands after Saint Ursula and the 11,000 Virgins (Spanish: Santa Úrsula y las Once Mil Vírgenes), shortened to the Virgins (las Vírgenes). The official name of the British territory is the Virgin Islands, and the ...

5. Saint John, U.S. Virgin Islands - Wikipedia

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   Saint John, U.S. Virgin Islands. /  18.333°N 64.733°W  / 18.333; -64.733. 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. Saint John (50 km 2 (19 sq mi)) is the ...

6. Outline of the United States Virgin Islands - Wikipedia

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   The location of the United States Virgin Islands. The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the United States Virgin Islands: . United States Virgin Islands – unincorporated organized territory of the United States of America located in the western portion of the Virgin Islands Archipelago in the Caribbean Sea.

7. History of the United States Virgin Islands - Wikipedia

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   The United States Virgin Islands, often abbreviated USVI, are a group of islands and cays located in the Lesser Antilles of the Eastern Caribbean, consisting of three main islands ( Saint Croix, Saint John, and Saint Thomas) and fifty smaller islets and cays. [ 1] Like many of their Caribbean neighbors, the history of the islands is ...

8. Virgin Islands National Park - Wikipedia

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   Website. www .nps .gov /viis /. The Virgin Islands National Park is an American national park preserving about 60% of the land area of Saint John in the United States Virgin Islands, as well as more than 5,500 acres (2,226 ha; 9 sq mi) of adjacent ocean, and nearly all of Hassel Island, just off the Charlotte Amalie, Saint Thomas harbor. The ...

9. Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands - Wikipedia

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   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 ...