Dog Island
Dog Island is a small, uninhabited island located east-southeast of Little Saint James island in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Dog Island is separated from Little Saint James by the Dog Island Cut.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Islet
- Description: island in Saint Thomas, United States Virgin Islands
- Also known as: “Dog Island, U.S. Virgin Islands”, “Hond”, “Hund Eyland”, “Hunde Eyland”, and “Isla de Perro”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Little Saint James and Great Saint James.
Little Saint James
Islet
Photo: Navin75, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Little Saint James is a small private island in the United States Virgin Islands, southeast of Saint Thomas. It was owned by American financier and convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein from 1998 until his death in 2019.
Great Saint James
Island
Photo: Gruepig, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Great Saint James is a private island in the United States Virgin Islands, located off the east end of St. Thomas and belonging to subdistrict East End, Saint Thomas.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cruz Bay and Enighed.
Cruz Bay
Photo: Fred Hsu, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cruz Bay is the main town on Saint John in the U.S. Virgin Islands. The harbor for this town is filled with sailboats from around the world. The small town square is the center of commerce, with many small bars, restaurants and shops.
Enighed
Neighborhood
Photo: Farragutful, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Enighed, Saint John is the neighborhood on Enighed Hill adjacent to the town of Cruz Bay on the island of Saint John in the United States Virgin Islands. Enighed is situated 3 miles northeast of Dog Island.
Saint John
Photo: Bike756, Public domain.
Saint John is the smallest, but many say the prettiest of the U.S. Virgin Islands because of its world-class beaches. Two-thirds of Saint John is Virgin Islands National Park.
Dog Island
- Categories: island, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, Lesser Antilles, Caribbean, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
18.29592° or 18° 17′ 45″ northLongitude
-64.81591° or 64° 48′ 57″ westElevation
20 feet (6 metres)Open location code
77CQ75WM+9JOpenStreetMap ID
way 157804854OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=isletGeoNames ID
4795617Wikidata ID
Q31911398
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to German—“Dog Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Dog Island”
- Croatian: “Otok pasa (Američki Djevičanski otoci)”
- Croatian: “Otok pasa”
- German: “Dog Island (Amerikanische Jungferninseln)”
- German: “Dog Island”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Contant and Estate Chocolate Hole and Great Cruz Bay.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Welk Rocks and The Stragglers.
U.S. Virgin Islands: Must-Visit Destinations
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Dog Island”. Photo: Calyponte, CC BY-SA 3.0.