Grass Cay
Grass Cay is an island of the United States Virgin Islands. It is located between St. Thomas and St. John. It is approximately 1.6 miles long by 1⁄8 mile wide. There is no permanent human habitation.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Islet
- Description: island in the United States Virgin Islands
- Also known as: “Caye des Oiseaux”, “Graes Key”, “Gras Kay”, “Gras Key”, “Grass Cay, U.S. Virgin Islands”, “Grass Kay”, “Green Key”, and “Isla Gras”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mingo Cay and Thatch Cay.
Mingo Cay
Islet
Mingo Cay is a rugged, uninhabited, 48-acre island in the United States Virgin Islands. North of the Pillsbury Sound and measuring 0.7 miles long, it is located 2 miles northwest of the island of St. John and 2 miles northeast of the island of St. Thomas.
Thatch Cay
Island
Thatch Cay is a small, uninhabited 230 acre island one-half mile off the northeastern coast of Saint Thomas. Its highest peak is 482 feet. It is one of the last privately held, undeveloped islands in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Thatch Cay is situated 2 miles west of Grass Cay.
Shark Island
Islet
Shark Island is a small rocky islet, located 0.3 miles northeast of Prettyklip Point on Saint Thomas in the United States Virgin Islands. Its elevation is 32 feet. Shark Island is situated 1½ miles southwest of Grass Cay.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cruz Bay and Saint John.
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.
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.
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 3½ miles southeast of Grass Cay.
Grass Cay
- Categories: island, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, Lesser Antilles, Caribbean, North America
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Latitude
18.35855° or 18° 21′ 31″ northLongitude
-64.83301° or 64° 49′ 59″ westElevation
141 feet (43 metres)Open location code
77CQ9558+CQOpenStreetMap ID
way 157805051OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=isletGeoNames ID
4795822Wikidata ID
Q5597423
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Spanish—“Grass Cay” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Grass Cay”
- Croatian: “Grass Cay”
- Dutch: “Grass Cay, U.S. Virgin Islands”
- Dutch: “Grass Cay”
- Spanish: “Cayo Grass”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Two Brothers and Lovango Cay.
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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 “Grass Cay”. Photo: Calyponte, CC BY-SA 3.0.