Triangle Island

Triangle Island is an islet in Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. Triangle Island is situated nearby to the hamlet Bakkero, as well as near the village Frenchman’s Bay.

Type: Islet
Description: island in the United States of America
Also known as: “Blinde Klippen”, “Driehoek”, “Drihuk”, “El Triangulo”, “Los Triangulos”, “The Triangles”, “Trekant”, “Triangel”, “Triangle Islands”, and “Trigon”

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. Water Island is situated 2 miles west of Triangle Island.

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. Blackbeard’s Castle is situated 2½ miles north of Triangle Island.

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.

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. Fort Christian is situated 2 miles northwest of Triangle Island.

Triangle Island

Categories: island, locality, and landform
Location: Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, Lesser Antilles, Caribbean, North America
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Latitude

18.31357° or 18° 18′ 49″ north

Longitude

-64.91681° or 64° 55′ 1″ west

Open location code

77CQ837M+C7

OpenStreetMap ID

node 356559346

OpenStreetMap feature

place=islet

GeoNames ID

4796720

Wikidata ID

Q32035431

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

“Triangle Island” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Triangle Island”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Bakkero and Frenchman’s Bay.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Barrel of Beef and Limetree Beach.

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