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This is a list of colleges and universities in the United States Virgin Islands. This list also includes other educational institutions providing higher education , meaning tertiary, quaternary , and in some cases, post-secondary education.
The university has two campuses and two extension facilities. The 388-acre (1.57 km 2) campus opened in 1963 on St. Thomas, at the time named College of the Virgin Islands. [8]
Saint Croix (/ k r ɔɪ / KROY; Spanish: Santa Cruz; Dutch: Sint-Kruis; French: Sainte-Croix; Danish and Norwegian: Sankt Croix; Taino: Ay Ay) is an island in the Caribbean Sea, and a county and constituent district of the United States Virgin Islands (USVI), an unincorporated territory of the United States.
Flag of the U.S. Virgin Islands. This is a list of prominent people who were born in, lived in, or are otherwise closely associated with the United States Virgin Islands (which are composed of the islands of St. Croix, St. John, and St. Thomas). This list does not include people from the British Virgin Islands. The list covers notable ...
The main languages are English and Virgin Islands Creole in the U.S. and British Virgin Islands, and Spanish in the Puerto Rican territory. St. Thomas is the most populous island, with St. Croix close behind (51,634 and 50,601, respectively).
Like most Caribbean islands, most of the islands of the Virgin Islands, including St. Thomas and St. John, are volcanic in origin and hilly. The highest point is Crown Mountain on St. Thomas at 1,555 feet (474 m). [45] The easternmost point of the United States is Point Udall (U.S. Virgin Islands) on St. Croix.
RTPark was launched in 2002, under the legislature of Title 17, Chapters 34 and 43 of the U.S. Virgin Islands Code., [2] It was the first government-sponsored public-private collaboration for technology development in the USVI.
U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Kingshill, U.S. Virgin Islands 17°43′23″N 64°52′21″W / 17.72303°N 64.872364°W / 17.72303; -64. This Saint Croix, United States Virgin Islands location article is a stub .