French Bay

French Bay is a bay in Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. French Bay is situated nearby to the hamlet Bakkero, as well as near the village Frenchman’s Bay.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Water Island and Flag Hill.

Water Island

Island

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Water Island is a minor island in the United States Virgin Islands, an American territory located in the Caribbean Sea. The rest of the U.S. Virgin Islands were acquired by the Americans in 1917 from Denmark; however, Water Island was excluded, thus the Danish East Asiatic Company, and by proxy the Danish kingdom, continued to own Water Island until several decades later.

Flag Hill

Peak

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.0.

Flag Hill is a peak.

Blackbeard’s Castle

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Blackbeard's Castle is one of five National Historic Landmarks in the U.S. Virgin Islands. It is located in the city of Charlotte Amalie, on the island of St. Thomas.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Havensight and Bolongo.

Havensight

Hamlet

Photo: Андрей Бобровский, CC BY 3.0.

Havensight on Saint Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands is a community and the busiest cruise port in the world. It is located predominantly subdistrict of Charlotte Amalie with a small portion in the Southside census subdistrict, 1.5 miles from territorial historical capital of Charlotte Amalie's downtown in Charlotte Amalie East.

Bolongo

Village

Bolongo is a settlement on the island of Saint Thomas in the United States Virgin Islands. Bolongo is also a dialect of the Mongo, a Bantu language from Africa.

Donoe

Hamlet

Donoe is a settlement on the island of Saint Thomas in the United States Virgin Islands. The Home Depot is located in Donoe.

French Bay

Type: Bay
Also known as: “Bahia de los Franceses”, “Baie Francaise”, and “Fransmans Bay”
Category: body of water
Location: Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, Lesser Antilles, Caribbean, North America
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Latitude

18.31746° or 18° 19′ 3″ north

Longitude

-64.91403° or 64° 54′ 51″ west

Elevation

7 feet (2 metres)

Open location code

77CQ838P+X9

OpenStreetMap ID

node 368382187

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=bay

GeoNames ID

4795768

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Localities in the Area

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