Cruz Bay
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Fred Hsu, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Town with 2,740 residents
- Description: town in the U.S. Virgin Islands
- Also known as: “Christiansbye”, “Creuse Bay”, “Crux Bay”, “Cruxbay”, “Cruz Bay Village”, “Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands”, “Cruz Bay, United States Virgin Islands”, “Cruz Bay, VI”, “Cruz Village”, and “Cruzbay”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Steven Cay and Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, Cruz Bay.
Steven Cay
Islet
Steven Cay is a small scrub-covered and rocky Caribbean island, about 28 feet high and situated 0.5 miles west of Cruz Bay on Saint John in the United States Virgin Islands. It is a popular destination for snorkelers and scuba divers.
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, Cruz Bay
Church
Photo: Farragutful, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church is a religious building belonging to the Catholic Church and is located in the town of Cruz Bay, Saint John the smallest of the three main islands of the US Virgin Islands in the Caribbean Sea.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bethany and Dennis Bay Historic District.
Bethany
Neighborhood
Photo: Scott Long, CC BY 3.0.
Bethany is a settlement on the island of Saint John in the United States Virgin Islands.
Dennis Bay Historic District
Neighborhood
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Dennis Bay Historic District is a historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981. It is located northeast of Cruz Bay off North Shore Rd, in Virgin Islands National Park.
Monte
Neighborhood
Monte is a neighborhood on the island of Saint John in the United States Virgin Islands. The local government calls this neighborhood Rendezvous and Ditleff.
Cruz Bay
Latitude
18.3308° or 18° 19′ 51″ northLongitude
-64.7945° or 64° 47′ 40″ westPopulation
2,740Elevation
20 feet (6 metres)IATA airport code
SJFOpen location code
77CQ86J4+86OpenStreetMap ID
node 838974272OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Cruz Bay” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Cruz Bay (kapital sa distrito)”
- Cebuano: “Cruz Bay”
- Chinese: “克魯茲灣”
- Danish: “Cruz Bay”
- Dutch: “Cruz Bay”
- Finnish: “Cruz Bay”
- French: “Cruz Bay”
- Galician: “Cruz Bay”
- German: “Cruz Bay, United States Virgin Island”
- German: “Cruz Bay”
- Greek: “Κρουζ Μπέι”
- Hebrew: “קרוז ביי”
- Japanese: “クルーズ・ベイ”
- Japanese: “クルーズ湾”
- Korean: “크루즈베이”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Cruz Bay”
- Polish: “Cruz Bay”
- Russian: “Круз-Бэй”
- Russian: “Крус-Бей”
- Swedish: “Cruz Bay”
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