U.S. Virgin Islands

The U.S. Virgin Islands constitute an unincorporated organized territory of the United States of America between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, east of .

Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Saint Croix and Saint John.

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is the largest island of the U.S. Virgin Islands, a territory of the United States of America. This island of rolling hills, rainforest, and picturesque towns is the home of approximately 60,000 people.

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is the smallest, but many say the prettiest of the U.S. Virgin Islands because of its world-class beaches. Two-thirds of is .

is one of the U.S. Virgin Islands in the , and a constituent district of the United States Virgin Islands, an unincorporated territory of the .
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U.S. Virgin Islands

Latitude of center
18.05° or 18° 3′ north
Longitude of center
-64.8° or 64° 48′ west
Population
107,000
Area
136 miles² (352 km²)
Elevation
269 feet (82 metres)
Capital
Charlotte Amalie
Currency
Dollar (USD)
Phone code
.vi
Internet domain
+1-340
Abbreviation
“VI”
Open­Street­Map ID
node 356559371
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
4796775
Wiki­data ID
Q11703
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“U.S. Virgin Islands” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Amerikaanse Maagde-eilande
  • Afrikaans: Maagde-eilande van die Verenigde State
  • Afrikaans: VSA se Maagde-eilande
  • Akan: Amɛrika Virgin Islands
  • Albanian: Ishujt e Virgjër të SHBA-së
  • Albanian: Ishujt e Virgjër të Shteteve të Bashkuara
  • Amharic: የአሜሪካ ቨርጂን ደሴቶች
  • Amharic: የአሜሪካ ቪርጂን ደሴቶች
  • Angika: संयुक्त राज्य वर्जिन द्वीप
  • Arabic: الجزر العذراء الأمريكيه
  • Arabic: جزر العذراء الأمريكية
  • Arabic: جزر العذراء الولايات المتحدة
  • Arabic: جزر فيرجن التابعة للولايات المتحدة
  • Aragonese: Islas Vírchens Americanas
  • Aragonese: Islas Virchens d’os Estatos Unitos
  • Aragonese: Islas Vírchens d’os Estaus Unius
  • Armenian: Ամերիկյան Վիրջինյան կղզիներ
  • Armenian: ԱՄՆ Վիրջինյան կղզիներ
  • Arpitan: Iles Vièrges amèriquênes
  • Assamese: ইউ. এছ. ভাৰ্জিন দ্বীপপুঞ্জ
  • Asturian: Islles Vírxenes Americanes
  • Asturian: Islles Vírxenes d’Estaos Xuníos
  • Azerbaijani: ABŞ Vircin adaları
  • Azerbaijani: ABŞ Virgin adaları
  • Azerbaijani: Amerika Virgin adaları
  • Balinese: Kapuloan Virgin Amérika Serikat
  • Bambara: Ameriki ka Sungurunnin Gun
  • Bashkir: АҠШ Виргин утрауҙары
  • Bashkir: АҠШ-тың Виргин утрауҙары
  • Basque: Birjina uharte amerikarrak
  • Basque: Birjina Uharte amerikarrak
  • Basque: Birjina Uharte estatubatuarrak
  • Basque: Birjina Uharte Estatubatuarrak
  • Bavarian: Amerikanische Jungferninsln
  • Bavarian: US-Jungferninsln
  • Belarusian: Амерыканскія Віргінскія астравы
  • Belarusian: Амэрыканскія Віргінскія астравы
  • Bengali: মার্কিন ভার্জিন দ্বীপপুঞ্জ
  • Bengali: মার্কিন যুক্তরাষ্ট্রের ভার্জিন দ্বীপপুঞ্জ
  • Bishnupriya: তিলপারাষ্ট্রর ভার্জিন দ্বীপমালা
  • Bosnian: Američka Djevičanska ostrva
  • Breton: Inizi Gwerc’h ar Stadoù-Unanet
  • Breton: Inizi Gwerc’h Stadunanat
  • Breton: Inizi Gwercʼh ar Stadoù-Unanet
  • Bulgarian: Американски Вирджински острови
  • Burmese: ယူအက်စ် ဗာဂျင်း ကျွန်းစု
  • Catalan: Illes Verges Americanes
  • Catalan: Illes Verges dels Estats Units
  • Catalan: Illes Verges nord-americanes
  • Catalan: Illes Verges Nord-americanes
  • Catalan: US-VI
  • Catalan: USVI
  • Cebuano: U.S. Virgin Islands
  • Central Bikol: Islas Virgenes nin Estados Unidos
  • Central Kurdish: دوورگەکانی ڤیرجینیای ئەمریکا
  • Chechen: Виргинийн гӀайренаш (АЦШ)
  • Chechen: Виргинийн гӀайренаш
  • Cherokee: ᎠᏒᏂᎸᏂᎨᏒᎾ ᏚᎦᏚᏛ ᎾᎿ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎤᎾᎵᎪᎯ ᏗᏍᎦᏚᎩ
  • Chinese: Bí-kok léng Virgin Kûn-tó
  • Chinese: 美属维尔京群岛
  • Chinese: 美屬維京群島
  • Chinese: 美屬維爾京群島
  • Chinese: 美屬處女羣島
  • Chinese: 美屬處女群島
  • Cornish: Ynysow an Wyrghes a’n Statys Unys
  • Corsican: Isuli Verghjini di i Stati Uniti
  • Corsican: Isuli Verghjini Statunitensi
  • Corsican: Isuli Vergini americani
  • Corsican: Isuli Vergini Americani
  • Corsican: Isuli Vergini di i Stati Uniti
  • Croatian: Američki Djevičanski otoci
  • Croatian: Američki Djevičanski Otoci
  • Czech: Americké Panenské ostrovy
  • Danish: Amerikanske Jomfruøer
  • Danish: De amerikanske jomfruøer
  • Dhivehi: އެމެރިކާގެ ވާޖިން ޖަޒީރާ
  • Dutch: Amerikaanse Maagdeneilanden
  • Dutch: Maagdeneilanden van de Verenigde Staten
  • Dzongkha: ཝརཇིན་གླིང་ཚོམ་ ཡུ་ཨེས་ཨེ་མངའ་ཁོངས
  • Egyptian Arabic: جزر العدرا الامريكيه
  • Esperanto: Usonaj Virgaj Insuloj
  • Esperanto: Usonaj Virgulininsuloj
  • Esperanto: Usonaj Virgulinsuloj
  • Estonian: USA Neitsisaared
  • Ewe: U.S. Vɛrgin ƒudomekpowo nutome
  • Faroese: Amerikonsku Jómfrúoyggjar
  • Faroese: Sambandsríki Amerikas Jomfrúoyggjar
  • Finnish: Yhdysvaltain Neitsytsaaret
  • French: îles Vierges américaines
  • French: Îles Vierges américaines
  • French: îles Vierges des É-U
  • French: îles Vierges des États-Unis
  • French: Îles Vierges des États-Unis
  • French: US-VI
  • Fulah: Duuɗe Kecce Amerik
  • Gagauz: ABD Virgin Adaları
  • Gagauz: Amerika Birleşik Devletläri Virgin Adaları
  • Galician: Illas Virxes Americanas
  • Galician: Illas Virxes dos Estados Unidos
  • Galician: Illas Virxes Estadounidenses
  • Ganda: Bizinga bya Virigini eby’Amerika
  • Georgian: აშშ-ის ვირჯინის კუნძულები
  • German: Amerikanische Jungferninseln
  • German: Jungferninseln der Vereinigten Staaten
  • German: US-Jungferninseln
  • Greek: Αμερικανικές Παρθένες Νήσοι
  • Greek: Αμερικανικές Παρθένοι Νήσοι
  • Greek: Παρθένες Νήσοι των Ηνωμένων Πολιτειών
  • Guianese Creole French: Zil Vyèrj dé Étazini
  • Gujarati: યુએસ વર્જિન આઇલેન્ડ્સ
  • Haitian: Il Vièj amerikèn
  • Haitian: Il Vièj Etazini
  • Haitian: Il Vyèj amerikèn
  • Haitian: Il Vyèj Etazini
  • Hakka Chinese: Mî-koet liâng Virgin Khiùn-tó
  • Hausa: Tsibiran Birjin Ta Amurka
  • Hawaiian: Pae Moku Wilikine ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻia
  • Hawaiian: Pae Moku Wilikine ʻAmelika
  • Hebrew: איי הבתולה של ארצות הברית
  • Hindi: यू॰एस॰ वर्जिन द्वीपसमूह
  • Hindi: संयुक्त राज्य वर्जिन द्वीपसमूह
  • Hungarian: Amerikai Virgin-szigetek
  • Icelandic: Bandarísku jómfrúaeyjar
  • Icelandic: Bandarísku Jómfrúaeyjar
  • Icelandic: Bandarísku Jómfrúreyjar
  • Ido: Virgin Insuli Usana
  • Ido: Virgin-Insuli Usana
  • Igbo: Agwaetiti Virgin nke US
  • Indonesian: Kepulauan Virgin Amerika Serikat
  • Irish: Oileáin Mheiriceánacha na Maighdean
  • Italian: Isole Vergini americane
  • Italian: Isole Vergini Americane
  • Italian: Isole Vergini degli Stati Uniti
  • Italian: Isole Vergini Statunitensi
  • Jamaican Creole English: Yunaitid Stiet Voerjin Ailanz
  • Japanese: アメリカ合衆国領ヴァージン諸島
  • Japanese: アメリカ領ヴァージン諸島
  • Japanese: 合衆国領ヴァージン諸島
  • Japanese: 米領ヴァージン諸島
  • Javanese: Kapuloan Virgin Amérika Sarékat
  • Javanese: Kapuloan Virgin Amérika
  • Kannada: ಯು.ಎಸ್. ವರ್ಜಿನ್ ದ್ವೀಪಗಳು
  • Kara-Kalpak: Amerika Virdjin Atawları
  • Kara-Kalpak: Amerikalıq virgin atawları
  • Kashmiri: یوٗ ایس ؤرجِن جٔزیٖرٕ
  • Kazakh: АҚШ-тың Виргин аралдары
  • Kazakh: Америкалық Вирджин аралдары
  • Kazakh: Американ Вирджин Аралдары
  • Khmer: កោះ​វឺជីន​អាមេរិក
  • Kikuyu: Visiwa vya Virgin vya Marekani
  • Kinyarwanda: Ibirwa bya Virigini bya Leta Zunze Ubumwe
  • Kirghiz: Америкалык Виргин аралдары
  • Kirghiz: Виргин аралдары (АКШ)
  • Korean: 미국령 버진아일랜드
  • Kurdish: Giravên Vîrjîn ên Dewletên Yekbûyî yên Amerîkayê
  • Ladin: Ijules Vergins di Stac Unii
  • Lao: ໝູ່ເກາະ ເວີຈິນ ຂອງສະຫະລັດ
  • Latin: Virgineae insulae Americanae
  • Latin: Virgineae insulae Civitatum Foederatarum
  • Latvian: ASV Virdžīnas
  • Ligurian: Isoe Vergine Americann-e
  • Ligurian: Isoe Vèrgine Americann-e
  • Limburgan: Amerikaanse Maagde-Eilen
  • Lingala: Bisanga bya Vierzi ya Ameriki
  • Lithuanian: JAV Mergelių salos
  • Lithuanian: Jungtinių Valstijų Mergelių Salos
  • Lithuanian: Mergelių Salos
  • Low German: Amerikaansche Jumferninseln
  • Lower Sorbian: Amerikańske kněžniske kupy
  • Luba-Katanga: Lutanda lua Vierzi wa Ameriki
  • Luxembourgish: Amerikanesch Joffereninselen
  • Luxembourgish: US Virgin Islands
  • Macedonian: Американски Девствени Острови
  • Malagasy: Nosy Virijiny Etazonia
  • Malay: Kepulauan Virgin A.S.
  • Malay: Kepulauan Virgin Amerika Syarikat
  • Malayalam: യു.എസ്. വിർജിൻ ദ്വീപുകൾ
  • Malayalam: യു.എസ്. വെർജിൻ ദ്വീപുകൾ
  • Malayalam: യു.എസ്.വി.ഐ
  • Malayalam: യുണൈറ്റഡ് സ്റ്റേറ്റ്സ് വിർജിൻ ദ്വീപുകൾ
  • Malayalam: യുനൈറ്റഡ് സ്റ്റേറ്റ്സ് വിർജിൻ ദ്വീപുകൾ
  • Malayalam: വിർജിൻ ഐലന്റ്സ് ഓഫ് ദി യുണൈറ്റഡ് സ്റ്റേറ്റ്സ്
  • Maltese: Gżejjer Verġni Amerikani
  • Maltese: Gżejjer Verġni tal-Istati Uniti
  • Maltese: il-Gżejjer Verġni tal-Istati Uniti
  • Maltese: USVI
  • Marathi: यु.एस. व्हर्जिन द्वीपसमूह
  • Marathi: युनायटेड स्टेट्स व्हर्जिन द्वीपसमूह
  • Marathi: यू.एस. व्हर्जिन बेटे
  • Mazanderani: آمریکا ویرجین
  • Min Dong Chinese: Mī-guók liāng Virgin Gùng-dō̤
  • Min Nan Chinese: Bí-kok Virgin Kûn-tó
  • Mingrelian: ამერიკაშ აკოართაფილი შტატეფიშ ვირჯინიაშ კოკეფი
  • Mongolian: АНУ-ын Виржиний арлууд
  • Narom: Îles Vièrges améthitchaines
  • Narom: Îles Vièrges d’s Êtats Unnis
  • Nepali: संयुक्त राज्य भर्जिन टापुहरु
  • North Ndebele: U.S. Virgin Islands
  • Northern Frisian: Amerikoonsk Jongfoomen Eilunen
  • Northern Sami: AOS Virgin-sullot
  • Norwegian Bokmål: De amerikanske jomfruøyene
  • Norwegian Bokmål: De amerikanske Jomfruøyer
  • Norwegian Bokmål: USVI
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Dei amerikanske jomfruøyane
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Dei amerikanske Jomfruøyane
  • Norwegian: De amerikanske jomfruøyene
  • Norwegian: De amerikanske Jomfruøyer
  • Novial: U.S. Virja Isles
  • Occitan (post 1500): Illas Verges Americanas
  • Occitan (post 1500): Illas Verges dels Estats Units
  • Occitan (post 1500): Illas Verges Estatunidencas
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): Americanisc Fæmne Īegland
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): Americaniscan Fæmne Īegland
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): G.R. Fæmne Īegland
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): Geānedra Rīca Fæmne Īegland
  • Oriya: ଯୁକ୍ତରାଷ୍ଟ୍ର ଭିର୍ଜିନ୍ ଦ୍ଵୀପପୁଞ୍ଜ
  • Ossetian: Америкæйы Виргины сакъадæхтæ
  • Ossetian: Виргины сакъадæхтæ
  • Panjabi: ਸੰਯੁਕਤ ਰਾਜ ਵਰਜਿਨ ਟਾਪੂ
  • Panjabi: ਯੂ ਐੱਸ ਵਰਜਿਨ ਟਾਪੂ
  • Papiamento: U.S. Virgin Islands
  • Persian: جزایر ویرجین ایالات متحده آمریکا
  • Persian: جزایر ویرجین ایالات متحده
  • Picard: îles Vierches anméricaines
  • Picard: îles Vierches des Étots-Unis
  • Picard: Îles Vierches des Étots-Unis
  • Piemontese: Ìsole Vërgin American-e
  • Pitcairn-Norfolk: Merikan Virgin Ailen
  • Pitcairn-Norfolk: Virgin Ailen o‘ Yunitid Staits
  • Pitcairn-Norfolk: Yunitid Staits Virgin Ailen
  • Polish: U.S. Virgin Islands
  • Polish: US Virgin Islands
  • Polish: Virgin Islands of the United States
  • Polish: Wyspy Dziewicze Stanów Zjednoczonych
  • Portuguese: Categoria:Ilhas Virgens Americanas
  • Portuguese: Ilhas Virgens Americanas
  • Portuguese: Ilhas Virgens dos Estados Unidos
  • Pushto: امريکا متحده ايالاتو ويرجين ټاپوګان
  • Pushto: د متحده آيالاتو ورجن ټاپوګان
  • Quechua: EE.UU. Islas Vírgenes
  • Romanian: Insulele Virgine Americane
  • Romansh: Inslas Virginas Americanas
  • Rundi: Amazinga y’Isugi y’Abanyamerika
  • Russian: Американские Виргинские острова
  • Russian: Американские Виргинские Острова
  • Russian: Виргинские о-ва (США)
  • Russian: Виргинские Острова (США)
  • Russian: Виргинские Острова
  • Rusyn: Америцькы Паненьскы островы
  • Sango: Âzûâ Virîgo tî Amerîka
  • Sardinian: Ìsulas Vìrgines Americanas
  • Sardinian: Ìsulas Vìrgines de sos Istados Unidos
  • Scots: American Virgin Islands
  • Scots: U.S. Virgin Islands
  • Scots: Unitit States Virgin Islands
  • Scots: US Virgin Islands
  • Scots: US-VI
  • Scots: Virgin Islands o the Unitit States
  • Scottish Gaelic: Eileanan na Maighdinn aig na SA
  • Serbian: Америчка Девичанска острва
  • Serbian: Америчка Девичанска Острва
  • Serbo-Croatian: Američki Djevičanski otoci
  • Shan: မိူင်းႁူမ်ႈတုမ် မူႇၵုၼ် ဝႃႇၵျိၼ်ႇ
  • Shan: မူႇၵုၼ် ဝႃႇၵျိၼ်ႇ ၶွင် မိူင်းႁူမ်ႈတုမ် ဢမႄႇရိၵ
  • Shona: Zvitsuwa zveAmerika
  • Sicilian: Isuli Vergini amiricani
  • Sicilian: Isuli Vergini miricani
  • Sicilian: Ìsuli Virgini miricani
  • Silesian: Dźewicze Wyspy Zjednoczůnych Sztatůw
  • Sindhi: آمريڪي ورجن ٻيٽ
  • Sinhala: ඇමරිකානු වර්ජින් දූපත්
  • Sinhala: එක්සත් ජනපද වර්ජින් දූපත්
  • Slovak: Americké Panenské ostrovy
  • Slovak: Panenské ostrovy Spojených štátov
  • Slovenian: Ameriški Deviški otoki
  • Slovenian: Deviški otoki Združenih držav
  • Somali: U.S Fargin Island
  • South Azerbaijani: آمریکا بیرلشمیش ایالتلری ویرجین آدالاری
  • South Azerbaijani: آمریکا بیرلشمیش ایالتلرین ویرژین آدالاری
  • Spanish: Islas Vírgenes de EE. UU.
  • Spanish: Islas Vírgenes de los Estados Unidos
  • Spanish: Islas Vírgenes Estadounidenses
  • Sundanese: Kapuloan Virgin Amérika Sarikat
  • Swahili: Visiwa vya Virgin vya Marekani
  • Swahili: Visiwa vya Virgin, Marekani
  • Swedish: Amerikanska Jungfruöarna
  • Swiss German: Amerikanischi Jumpfereinsle
  • Tagalog: Kapuluang Birhenes ng Estados Unidos
  • Tagalog: US Virgin Islands
  • Tajik: Ҷазираҳои Виргини ИМА
  • Tajik: Ҷазираҳои Вирҷиния
  • Tamil: அமெரிக்க கன்னித் தீவுகள்
  • Tamil: யூ.எஸ். கன்னித் தீவுகள்
  • Tatar: АКШ Виргин утраулары
  • Tatar: Америка Виргин утраулары
  • Telugu: యు.ఎస్. వర్జిన్ దీవులు
  • Telugu: యునైటెడ్ స్టేట్స్ వర్జిన్ ఐలండ్స్
  • Thai: หมู่เกาะเวอร์จินของสหรัฐ
  • Thai: หมู่เกาะเวอร์จินของสหรัฐอเมริกา
  • Tigrinya: ቨርጂን ደሴታት ኣሜሪካ
  • Tonga (Tonga Islands): ʻOtumotu Vilikini fakaʻamelika
  • Tosk Albanian: Amerikanische Jungferninseln
  • Turkish: ABD Virgin Adaları
  • Turkish: ABD Virjin Adaları
  • Turkish: Amerika Birleşik Devletleri Virjin Adaları
  • Turkmen: ABŞ-nyň Wirgin adalary
  • Uighur: ئا ق ش ۋىرگىن ئاراللىرى
  • Uighur: ئامېرىكىغا قاراشلىق ۋىرگىن تاقىم ئاراللىرى
  • Ukrainian: Американські Віргінські Острови
  • Ukrainian: Віргінські Острови (США)
  • Upper Sorbian: Ameriske knježniske kupy
  • Upper Sorbian: U.S. Virgin Islands
  • Urdu: امریکی جزائر ورجن
  • Urdu: امریکی ورجن آئلینڈز
  • Uzbek: Amerikaning Virgin orollari
  • Uzbek: AQSH Virgin orollari
  • Venetian: Ìzołe Vèrzeni statunitensi
  • Vietnamese: Quần đảo Virgin thuộc Hoa Kỳ
  • Vietnamese: Quần đảo Virgin thuộc Mĩ
  • Vietnamese: Quần đảo Virgin thuộc Mỹ
  • Vlaams: Amerikoansche Moagdneilandn
  • Waray (Philippines): Kapuropud-an Birhen han Estados Unidos
  • Welsh: Ynysoedd Americanaidd y Wyryf
  • Welsh: Ynysoedd Gwyryf yr Unol Daleithiau
  • Western Frisian: Amerikaanske Famme-eilannen
  • Western Frisian: Amerikaanske Maagdeneilannen
  • Western Frisian: Famme-eilannen fan de Feriene Steaten
  • Western Panjabi: امریکی ورجن جزیرے
  • Wolof: Duni Virgin
  • Wolof: Duni Wirsin yu Etaa-sini
  • Wu Chinese: 美属维尔京群岛
  • Yakut: Виргин Арыылара (АХШ)
  • Yakut: Виргин Арыылара
  • Yiddish: יו. עס. ווירדזשין אינזלען
  • Yoruba: Àwọn Erékùṣù Wúndíá ti Amẹ́ríkà
  • Yoruba: Etikun Fagini ti Amẹrika
  • Yue Chinese: 美屬處女羣島
  • Zulu: i-U.S. Virgin Islands
  • ISV
  • kulupu ma Pisin pi ma Mewika
  • US-VI
  • USVI
  • VI
  • VIR

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