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The Virgin Islands (Spanish: Islas Vírgenes) are an archipelago in the Caribbean Sea. The islands fall into three different political jurisdictions: British Virgin Islands, a British overseas territory, United States Virgin Islands, an unincorporated territory of the United States, Spanish Virgin Islands, the easternmost islands of the ...
The United States Virgin Islands, [b] officially the Virgin Islands of the United States, are a group of Caribbean islands and a 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 Lesser Antilles. [9] The islands have a tropical climate.
This is a list of rivers and streams of the United States Virgin Islands (U.S. territory), grouped by island. Saint Croix. Salt River; Saint John.
Natural disasters in Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands (2 P) Pages in category "Natural disasters in the United States Virgin Islands" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.
The United States took possession of the islands after the signing of the armistice that put an end to military operations in the Spanish–American War. A 1916 treaty between the United States and Denmark (not ratified by the United States until 1917) resulted in Denmark selling the Danish Virgin Islands to the United States for $25 million in ...
Virgin Islands–Puerto Rico Friendship Day/Columbus Day: Established in 1964 to recognize the ties between the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. [3] October 25 Hurricane Thanksgiving Established to give thanks for being spared from hurricanes. No longer a paid holiday. November 1 Liberty Day: Also known as "D. Hamilton Jackson Day" or "Bull and ...
The surging seawater beached many vessels including a US Navy ship, USS Monongahela along the beaches of Frederiksted. [16] [17] The tsunami measured 12 m (39 ft) on Water Island. Meanwhile, at Road Town, British Virgin Islands, the waves were between 1.2 m (3 ft 11 in) and 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) meters which swept away much of the low-lying towns.
Map of the United States Virgin Islands. Climate change in the United States Virgin Islands encompasses the effects of climate change, attributed to man-made increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide, in the U.S. territory of the United States Virgin Islands. [1] The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has noted a variety of ...