Waterlemon Cay

Waterlemon Cay is a small cay surrounded by a fringing reef located in Leinster Bay on Saint John, U.S. Virgin Islands. It is named after the water lemon.

Type: Islet
Description: islet in the United States Virgin Islands
Also known as: “Jewel Cay”, “Sandia”, “Water Limon Kay”, “Water Melon Cay”, “Watermelon Cay”, and “Zandia”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Little Thatch and Great Thatch.

Little Thatch

Islet

Little Thatch is a privately owned island of the British Virgin Islands in the Caribbean, upon which a resort has been built. The island is located less than 500 yards from the western end of Tortola, and is less than 1 mile away from Saint John, United States Virgin Islands.

Great Thatch

Island

Photo: Legis, Public domain.

Great Thatch is an uninhabited island of the British Virgin Islands in the Caribbean. It is one of the westernmost islands in the territory. It is believed to take its name from the famous pirate, Edward Teach, although there is little evidence Blackbeard ever sailed in the Virgin Islands. Great Thatch is situated 1½ miles northwest of Waterlemon Cay.

Frenchman’s Cay

Island

Frenchman's Cay is an island of the British Virgin Islands in the Caribbean. It is located 2 km southeast from Great Thatch and is located just east of Little Thatch by a distance of approximately 400 m. Frenchman’s Cay is situated 2 miles northeast of Waterlemon Cay.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Coral Bay and Virgin Islands National Park.

Coral Bay

Town

Photo: Bonus Onus, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Coral Bay is a town and a sub-district on the island of St. John in the United States Virgin Islands. It is located on the southeastern side of the island. Coral Bay is situated 2 miles south of Waterlemon Cay.

Virgin Islands National Park

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

The Virgin Islands National Park is a national park of the United States preserving about 60% of the land area of Saint John, U.S. Virgin Islands, as well as more than 5,500 acres of adjacent ocean, and nearly all of Hassel Island, just off the Charlotte Amalie, Saint Thomas harbor.

Calabash

Neighborhood

Calabash is a neighborhood on the island of St. John in the United States Virgin Islands. It is located in the east of the island on the coast of Coral Bay, to the south of the town of Coral Bay. Calabash is situated 3 miles south of Waterlemon Cay.

Waterlemon Cay

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

18.36708° or 18° 22′ 2″ north

Longitude

-64.72293° or 64° 43′ 23″ west

Elevation

10 feet (3 metres)

Open location code

77CQ978G+RR

OpenStreetMap ID

way 157989167

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=coastline

OpenStreetMap feature

place=islet

GeoNames ID

4796822

Wikidata ID

Q7974167

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Japanese—“Waterlemon Cay” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Waterlemon Cay”
Croatian: “Waterlemon Cay”
Japanese: “ウォーターレモン・キー”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Annaberg and Leinster Bay.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Waterlemon Cay Beach and Annaberg Beach.

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