Great Saint James

Great Saint James is a private island in the , located off the east end of and belonging to subdistrict East End, Saint Thomas.
Wikipedia
Photo: Gruepig, CC BY-SA 4.0.
  • Type: Island
  • Description: island in the United States Virgin Islands
  • Also known as: “Grand Saint James Isle”, “Great Saint James Island, USVI”, “Great Saint James Isle”, “Great Saint James, U.S. Virgin Islands”, “Groot Saint Jems”, “Gross Saint James”, “Ost Passatt”, “Ost-Passat”, “Saint James Island”, “Santiago Grande”, and “Store Saint James”

Places of Interest

Highlights: The Temple and Dog Island.

Temple
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Islet
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.0.
is a small, uninhabited island located…

Islet
is a small scrub-covered and rocky… is situated 2 miles northeast of Great Saint James.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Red Hook and Benner.

Town
Photo: Smallbones, CC0.
is a suburban port census-designated place… is situated 2 miles northwest of Great Saint James.

Hamlet
is a settlement on the island of Saint Thomas in the . is situated 2½ miles west of Great Saint James.

Photo: Fred Hsu, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is the main town on in the .

Great Saint James

Latitude
18.30968° or 18° 18′ 35″ north
Longitude
-64.82875° or 64° 49′ 44″ west
Elevation
59 feet (18 metres)
Open location code
77CQ855C+VG
Geo­Names ID
4795834
Wiki­data ID
Q5599902
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Great Saint James” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “غريت سانت جيمس”
  • Belarusian: “Грэйт-Сент-Джэймс”
  • Cebuano: “Great Saint James Island”
  • Chinese: “大聖詹姆斯島”
  • Croatian: “Great Saint James”
  • Dutch: “Great Saint James”
  • Esperanto: “Granda Sanktulo Jakobo”
  • French: “Great Saint James”
  • German: “Great Saint James”
  • Hungarian: “Great Saint James”
  • Italian: “Great Saint James”
  • Japanese: “グレート・セント・ジェームズ島”
  • Persian: “گریت سینت جیمز”
  • Polish: “Great Saint James”
  • Portuguese: “Great Saint James (Ilhas Virgens Americanas)”
  • Portuguese: “Great Saint James”
  • Slovenian: “Great Saint James”
  • Spanish: “Great Saint James”
  • Turkish: “Great Saint James”
  • Vietnamese: “Great Saint James”
  • “Great Saint James”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Nazareth and Sapphire Village.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Fish Cay and Christmas Cove.

U.S. Virgin Islands: Must-Visit Destinations

Worth a closer look: Saint Croix and Saint John.

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