2569 UNITED STATES (U.S. Virgin Islands) / UNITED KINGDOM (Overseas Territory) - The map of the Virgin Islands

 

 

The Virgin Islands are the western island group of the Leeward Islands, which are the northern part of the Lesser Antilles, and form the border between the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. Politically, the eastern islands form the British Virgin Islands and the western ones form the United States Virgin Islands.
The first is an Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom comprising approximately 60 islands and cays including Tortola, Virgin Gorda, Jost Van Dyke, and Anegada. The last is one of five inhabited insular areas of the United States, and comprises the islands St. Croix, St. Thomas and St. John.

2048 UNITED STATES (Virgin Islands of the United States) - Charlotte Amalie

2048 Aerial view of Charlotte Amalie and Hassel Island

Located on mid-island on the south shore of Saint Thomas (the largest of the four main islands of Virgin Islands of the United States), Charlotte Amalie is the capital and largest city of this unincorporated territory of the United States. Built on three low volcanic spurs called Frenchman Hill (Foretop Hill), Berg Hill (Maintop), and Government Hill (Mizzentop), it stretches about 1.5 miles around Saint Thomas Harbor, being protected by the peaks of Water Island and  Hassel Island.