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.

1872 UNITED KINGDOM (British Virgin Islands) - Marina Cay

The British Virgin Islands consist of four main islands, along with over fifty other smaller islands and cays. One of this cay is Marina Cay, an 8-acre island which is home to Pusser's Restaurant and Villa Rentals. It was uninhabited until 1937, when author Robb White and newly married wife Rosalie "Rodie" Mason settled on the island. The Whites spent three years on Marina, hacking a cistern out of the rough, rocky land and shipping in enough concrete to build a small, sturdy house.

1841 UNITED KINGDOM (British Virgin Islands) - Cane Garden Bay in Tortola

Tortola is a mountainous island 19km long and 5km wide, the largest and most populated of the British Virgin Islands. Formed by volcanic activity, its highest peak is  Mount Sage at 530m. Located on the northern coast of the island, Cane Garden Bay is a popular ancorage for cruising sailboats, and offers a beautiful curving beach for swimming and sunning plus charming restaurants and enterainment..