Scorpion Rock

Scorpion Rock is a shoal in Water Island, Saint Thomas. Scorpion Rock is situated nearby to the hamlet Bellevue, as well as near Havensight.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Water Island and Hassel Island Historic District.

Water Island

Island

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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.

Hassel Island Historic District

Historic site

Photo: Gruepig, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Hassel Island Historic District is a historic site.

Blackbeard’s Castle

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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 Fort Christian.

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.

Fort Christian

Hamlet

Photo: Андрей Бобровский, CC BY 3.0.

Fort Christian is a settlement on the island of Saint Thomas in the United States Virgin Islands.

Frenchtown

Hamlet

Frenchtown is a settlement on the island of Saint Thomas in the United States Virgin Islands. It is located on the south coast, on the west side of the capital, Charlotte Amalie and to the east of the settlement of Altona.

Scorpion Rock

Type: Shoal
Also known as: “Alacran”, “La Piedra del Scorpion”, and “Piedra del Scorpion”
Category: landform
Location: Water Island, Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, Lesser Antilles, Caribbean, North America
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Latitude

18.32208° or 18° 19′ 20″ north

Longitude

-64.92852° or 64° 55′ 43″ west

Open location code

77CQ83CC+RH

GeoNames ID

4796595

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Localities in the Area

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