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Carden is a settlement on the island of Saint Croix in the United States Virgin Islands.
USGS GNIS ID: 1613788
Cinnamon Bay Plantation is an approximately 300-acre (1.2 km2) property situated on the north central coast of Saint John in the United States Virgin Islands adjacent to Cinnamon Bay. The land, part of Virgin Islands National Park, was added to the United States National Register of Historic Places on July 11, 1978. Archaeological excavations of the land document ceremonial activity of the Taínos, as well as historic remains of plantation ruins.
NRHP reference number: 78000269
Caret Bay Estate is a settlement on the island of Saint Thomas in the United States Virgin Islands.
USGS GNIS ID: 1613792
Concordia is an area on the island of Saint John in the United States Virgin Islands. It is located on the south east corner of the island, near Salt Pond Bay. Much of the area is part of Virgin Islands National Park. Concordia Eco-Resort is located here.
USGS GNIS ID: 1613828
Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral is a cathedral of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States Virgin Islands. It is the mother church and seat of the Diocese of Saint Thomas. It is located in the City of Charlotte Amalie.
website: http://cathedralvi.com/
Bulows Minde is a settlement on the island of Saint Croix in the United States Virgin Islands.
USGS GNIS ID: 1613760
Castle Nugent National Historic Site is a proposed addition to the National Park System of the United States on the southern coast of St. Croix, Virgin Islands. If established, the site would preserve a Caribbean cultural landscape that spans more than 300 years of agricultural use, significant archeological resources, mangrove forests, endangered sea turtle nesting beaches, an extensive barrier coral reef system, and other outstanding natural features. In order to maintain an important feature of the cultural landscape of the historic site, the Secretary of the Interior would be authorized to lease to the University of the Virgin Islands certain lands within the boundary of the historic site for the purpose of continuing the university's operation breeding Senepol cattle. The enabling legislation passed the House of Representatives on January 27, 2010.
Catherineberg Sugar Mill Ruins is an historic site located in the Virgin Islands National Park, east of Cruz Bay on Saint John, U.S. Virgin Islands. The ruins are an example of an 18th-century sugar and rum factory.
NRHP reference number: 78000270
Cob Gut is a stream in the United States Virgin Islands.
Contant is a settlement on the island of Saint Thomas in the United States Virgin Islands. It is located between the capital city of Charlotte Amalie and the Cyril E. King Airport.
USGS GNIS ID: 1613836
Cassi Hill is a residential area in the United States Virgin Islands. It is located on the island of Saint Thomas.
The Danish West Indies (Danish: Dansk Vestindien) or Danish Virgin Islands (Danish: Danske Jomfruøer) or Danish Antilles were a Danish colony in the Caribbean, consisting of the islands of Saint Thomas with 32 square miles (83 km2); Saint John (Danish: St. Jan) with 19 square miles (49 km2); and Saint Croix with 84 square miles (220 km2). The islands have belonged to the United States as the Virgin Islands since they were purchased in 1917. Water Island was part of the Danish West Indies until 1905, when the Danish state sold it to the East Asiatic Company, a private shipping company.
Haypenny Bay is nearly a mile long stretch of beach located directly south of Christiansted in Company Quarter on the southeastern shore of St Croix United States Virgin Islands. Haypenny Bay is also referred to as Ha'Penny Beach and Halfpenny Beach. The long stretch of empty beach serves not only as shoreline for swimmers and sunbathers but also as a racetrack for beach relays. This lack of commercialization aids in local environmental education and awareness efforts.
Leinster Bay is a bay and former sugar cane plantation on the island of Saint John in the United States Virgin Islands. It is uninhabited and part of Virgin Islands National Park. Visitors can park at Annaberg and hike the Leinster Bay trail to access the bay, which is a popular snorkeling spot. Waterlemon Cay is a small cay in Leinster Bay. The ruins of the plantation's estate house can be reached by continuing past the bay and up the Johnny Horn Trail.
USGS GNIS ID: 1614122
Havensight on Saint Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands is a community and the busiest cruise port in the world.
Kingshill is a settlement on the island of Saint Croix in the United States Virgin Islands. It is home to the University of the Virgin Islands St. Croix campus, which opened in 1964.
USGS GNIS ID: 1614046
The U.S. Virgin Islands Paradise Jam is a NCAA college basketball tournament that takes place annually in late November. The men's tournament typically takes place the week before Thanksgiving, with the women's tournament occurring during Thanksgiving week. It is held in St. Thomas at the Sports and Fitness Center on the campus of the University of the Virgin Islands. Missouri State is the defending men's champion. NC State and Texas are the defending women's champions in the Island and Reef divisions, respectively.
website: http://www.paradisejam.com/
Lameshur is a former plantation on the island of Saint John in the United States Virgin Islands. It is inside Virgin Islands National Park and home to the Virgin Islands Environmental Resource Station (VIERS). The Tektite program placed two underwater habitats in Great Lameshur Bay and the Tektite Underwater Habitat Museum is located in the VIERS camp. The road to Lameshur is unmaintained and 4 wheel drive vehicles are often required. The University of the Virgin Islands has a research station and dock in Lameshur on Yawzi Point.
NRHP reference number: 78000271; USGS GNIS ID: 1614063
The Leeward Passage is a channel between Hans Lollik Island and northern St. Thomas Island in the United States Virgin Islands in the West Indies. It is one of the smallest channels in the US.
Louisenhoj is a settlement on the island of Saint Thomas in the United States Virgin Islands.
USGS GNIS ID: 1614105
The Ivanna Eudora Kean High School, is one of the public high school located on the island of St. Thomas in the United States Virgin Islands. It serves students that live in what is colloquially called the "country" or countryside area of the island of St. Thomas. The country designation refers to the East End, a portion of the Southside and Northside districts, and the Tutu District. I.E.K.H.S. also serves the student population on the island of St. John because it lacks a public high school.
website: http://www.keanvi.com
Lilliendahl is a settlement on the island of Saint Thomas in the United States Virgin Islands.
USGS GNIS ID: 1614078
John Oley is a settlement on the island of Saint Thomas in the United States Virgin Islands.
USGS GNIS ID: 1614032
Lerkenlund is a settlement on the island of Saint Thomas in the United States Virgin Islands.
USGS GNIS ID: 1614075
Longford is a settlement on the island of Saint Croix in the United States Virgin Islands.
USGS GNIS ID: 1614103
Hoffman is a settlement on the island of Saint Thomas in the United States Virgin Islands.
USGS GNIS ID: 1614014
Limetree Bay Refinery (known also as Hovensa, styled HOVENSA) is an oil refinery located on the island of Saint Croix in the United States Virgin Islands. The refinery was a joint venture between Hess Corporation and PDVSA. For most of its operating life as Hovensa, it supplied heating oil and gasoline to the U.S. Gulf Coast and the eastern seaboard with the crude mainly sourced from Venezuela. Previously it had sourced its crude feedstock from a number of other countries including Libya. At a capacity of about 500,000 barrels per day (79,000 m3/d), in 2010 the refinery was among the 10 largest in the world.
website: http://www.hovensa.com/
The Fountain Valley massacre was a mass shooting that occurred on the afternoon of 6 September 1972 at the Fountain Valley Golf Course in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. The incident left eight resort employees and tourists dead. Another eight were either shot at or wounded.
Coki Beach is on the island of Saint Thomas, United States Virgin Islands, in the Caribbean.
USGS GNIS ID: 1993413
The Cathedral Church of All Saints is an Episcopal cathedral in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, United States. It is the seat of the Diocese of the Virgin Islands and it is located in the City of Charlotte Amalie. The church was built in 1848 in celebration of the end of slavery. The structure was constructed from stone that was quarried on the island. The gothic arched window frames are lined with yellow brick that was used as ballast aboard ships. The bricks were left by merchants on the waterfront to make room on their boats for molasses, sugar, mahogany and rum for their return voyage.
Point Udall is at the east end of St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands. It is the easternmost point (by travel, not longitude) of the United States including insular areas. It was named in 1969 for Stewart Udall, United States Secretary of the Interior under Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson.
USGS GNIS ID: 1613900
Northside with its population of 10,049 as of the 2010 United States Census is the second-most populous administrative census subdistrict (CSD) on Saint Thomas, only less populated than the Charlotte Amalie subregion with the islands’ territorial capital of more than 18,000 people. Northside is sometimes called Nordside in Virgin Islands Creole, which is the Danish translation for north side. Northside is home to communities such as Neltjeberg, Zambee, Resolution, Ensomned, Barrett, Solberg, Lerkenlund, Misgen, Mafolie, Louisenhoj, Estate Thomas, Mandal, Enighed, Canaan, and Peterborg. By area, the Northside subdistrict is the largest administrative census sub-district on the Saint Thomas island.
Cruzan Rum ( KROO-zhən) is a rum producer in Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands and owned by Suntory Global Spirits, an subsidiary of Suntory Holdings of Osaka, Japan. Founded in 1760, it claims the distinction of being "the most honored rum distillery in the world." For eight generations, and through various changes in corporate ownership, it has been managed by the Nelthropp family.
website: https://www.cruzanrum.com/
Christiansted is the largest town on Saint Croix, one of the main islands composing the United States Virgin Islands, a territory of the United States of America. The town is named after King Christian VI of Denmark.
USGS GNIS ID: 2414185
Cowell Battery is a settlement on the island of Hassel near Saint Thomas in the United States Virgin Islands. The population of the settlement and entire island in 2012 was 10. It was named after the British officer John Clayton Cowell of the Royal Regiment of Foot who was Governor of St Thomas during the British occupation of 1801–1802.
USGS GNIS ID: 1613851
The Creque Marine Railway, formerly the "St Thomas Marine Repair Facility", is an inclined-plane ship railway on Hassel Island, in the bay of Charlotte Amalie off the coast of St. Thomas Island, in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Its site is below Fort Shipley, within Virgin Islands National Park.
USGS GNIS ID: 1613895
Ensomned is a settlement on the island of Saint Thomas in the United States Virgin Islands.
USGS GNIS ID: 1613908
Estate Little Princess is a historic plantation site located northwest of Christiansted in Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. It was first owned by governor Frederik Moth in 1738 and rests on 25 acres of land (from the original 200 acres). As of 2011 the estate is under ownership of The Nature Conservancy and serves as headquarters for the Eastern Caribbean/Virgin Islands programs. The property has been turned into a nature preserve and historical tours are given as well. The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 9, 1980.
NRHP reference number: 80003995
Dorothea is a settlement on the island of Saint Thomas in the United States Virgin Islands. It is located to the northwest of the capital, Charlotte Amalie.
Enighed is a settlement on the island of Saint Thomas in the United States Virgin Islands.
USGS GNIS ID: 1613906
Estate Catherineberg is a historic mansion on Denmark Hill in Charlotte Amalie, on Saint Thomas island, in the territory of the United States Virgin Islands.
Fish Bay Gut is a stream in the United States Virgin Islands.
Frydendal is a settlement on the island of St. Thomas in the United States Virgin Islands. It is located in the east of the island.
Estate Thomas is a settlement adjacent to Charlotte Amalie on the island of Saint Thomas in the United States Virgin Islands.
USGS GNIS ID: 1613910
Fredensdal is a settlement on the island of Saint Croix in the United States Virgin Islands.
USGS GNIS ID: 1613942
Donoe is a settlement on the island of Saint Thomas in the United States Virgin Islands.
USGS GNIS ID: 1613879
Fort Frederick is a settlement on the island of Saint Croix in the United States Virgin Islands.
USGS GNIS ID: 1613933
Bonne Resolution is a settlement on the island of Saint Thomas in the United States Virgin Islands. It is part of the Northside Administrative District. Crown Mountain, the highest point in the US Virgin Islands, is in Bonne Resolution.
USGS GNIS ID: 1614265
Rosendal is a settlement on the island of Saint Thomas in the United States Virgin Islands.
USGS GNIS ID: 1614274
Solberg is a settlement on the Northside of the island of Saint Thomas in the United States Virgin Islands.
USGS GNIS ID: 1614339
St. Dunstan's Episcopal High School was a K-12 on St. Croix, United States Virgin Islands.
Sts. Peter & Paul School is a private Roman Catholic high school in St. Thomas, United States Virgin Islands. It is located within the Diocese of St. Thomas and is the only Catholic high school on St. Thomas.
website: http://www.spps.vi
Sorgenfri is a settlement on the island of Saint Thomas in the United States Virgin Islands.
USGS GNIS ID: 1614343
Southgate is a settlement on the island of Saint Croix in the United States Virgin Islands.
USGS GNIS ID: 1993663
The St. Croix Educational Complex, also known as Complex is one of two public high schools located on the island of St. Croix in the United States Virgin Islands. It is operated by the St. Croix School District.
Solitude is a settlement on the island of Saint Croix in the United States Virgin Islands.
USGS GNIS ID: 1614341
Tutu, also known as Estate Tutu is one of the seven administrative subdistricts on Saint Thomas island in the United States Virgin Islands. It is located in eastern St. Thomas and is mostly made up of the second-largest town in the U.S.V.I., Anna's Retreat in the Tutu Valley, sometimes nicknamed Tutu. The word tutu, in Danish, means a trumpet-like conch shell which was used to call the slaves to work. According to the U.S. Census Bureau in 2010 the population was 6,867, which is down from 8,197 in 2000 and further down from 9,100 in the U.S. Census of 1990. Tutu is known as a densely populated residential area and is second only to the territorial capital of Charlotte Amalie in terms of highest population density on the island of Saint Thomas. It is home to approximately 20 percent of the island population and has a total area of 1.5 square miles. There have been numerous excavations in an area known as the Tutu Archaeological Village Site, which has discovered numerous artifacts from the native Arawak people who inhabited the area in the pre-Columbian era.
USGS GNIS ID: 1614395
Ruby is a settlement on the island of Saint Croix in the United States Virgin Islands.
USGS GNIS ID: 1614280
Santa Maria Estate is a settlement on the island of Saint Thomas in the United States Virgin Islands.
USGS GNIS ID: 1614321
Sunny Isle is a shopping center at Sion Farm on the island of Saint Croix in the United States Virgin Islands.
USGS GNIS ID: 1993669
Turpentine Run is a stream in the United States Virgin Islands.
The Real World: St. Thomas is the twenty-seventh season of MTV's reality television series The Real World, which focuses on a group of diverse strangers living together for several months in a different city each season, as cameras follow their lives and interpersonal relationships. It is the only season of The Real World to be filmed in the Caribbean, and the second season set in the United States to be filmed outside of the contiguous United States after The Real World: Hawaii.
Scouting in the United States Virgin Islands has a long history, from the 1920s to the present day, serving thousands of youth in programs that suit the environment in which they live.
website: http://www.ncacbsa.org/?page=USVISplash
St. Croix Country Day School was an independent, non-sectarian, non-profit college preparatory school serving all grades from PreK-12 located in Kingshill, St. Croix, US Virgin Islands. The student body was made up of 490 students.
website: http://www.stxcountryday.com/
Sieben is a former plantation on the island of Saint John in the United States Virgin Islands. Homes in this area are considered by the local government to be located in Remainder Fish Bay. The Sieben plantation ruins are accessible via the L'Esperance Trail. Most of this area is part of Virgin Islands National Park. The only baobab tree on St. John is near the Sieben ruins.
USGS GNIS ID: 1614330
USGS GNIS ID: 1614333
Lovenlund is a settlement near Magens Bay on the Northside of the island of Saint Thomas in the United States Virgin Islands.
USGS GNIS ID: 1614109
The Magens Bay Arboretum is a five-acre arboretum located just inland of Magens Bay, Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. It is operated by the Magens Bay Authority and open to the public.
Petronella is a settlement on the island of Saint Croix in the United States Virgin Islands.
USGS GNIS ID: 1614217
Misgen is a settlement on the island of Saint Thomas in the United States Virgin Islands.
USGS GNIS ID: 1614149
Nugent is a settlement on the island of Saint Croix in the United States Virgin Islands.
USGS GNIS ID: 1614188
Raphune is a settlement on the island of Saint Thomas in the United States Virgin Islands.
USGS GNIS ID: 1614249
Mariendal is a settlement on the island of Saint Thomas in the United States Virgin Islands.
USGS GNIS ID: 1614133
Peterborg is a settlement and peninsula on the Northside of the island of Saint Thomas in the United States Virgin Islands. It overlooks Magens Bay to the southwest and the Atlantic Ocean to the northeast.
USGS GNIS ID: 1993615
Reef Bay Sugar Factory Historic District is a historic section of Saint John, United States Virgin Islands located on the south central coast adjacent to Reef Bay. The land is the site of a sugar factory. The property was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places on July 23, 1981.
NRHP reference number: 81000084
Mount Pleasant is an area of Virgin Islands National Park on the island of Saint John in the United States Virgin Islands. It is located between Maho Bay and Centerline Road. This area is uninhabited and its name has fallen out of use.
USGS GNIS ID: 1614166
Pleasant Vale is a settlement on the island of Saint Croix in the United States Virgin Islands.
USGS GNIS ID: 1614220
Red Hook is a town located on the east side of Saint Thomas in the East End subdistrict. Referred to as Red Hook, the East End features an unofficial "town" of red-tiled roof homes and businesses dotting a rolling coastline that overlooks Pillsbury Sound and the island of St. John. Red Hook hosts several hotels, marinas, a busy port, and other key items of the east side of St. Thomas (East End (pop. 7,672)).
The Reef Bay Trail petroglyphs are a group of Taíno petroglyph carvings found in the Virgin Islands National Park on the island of St. John, United States Virgin Islands. They are located in a part of the park called the Reef Bay Trail.
NRHP reference number: 82001716
Mary Point is an uninhabited peninsula on the island of Saint John in the United States Virgin Islands. There are no roads or trails and steep cliffs prevent access from the water. Although Mary Point once housed a small sugar cane plantation, the area is now overgrown with thick forest. The foundation and crumbling walls of Mary Point Estate can be seen from the Francis Bay trail. It is part of Virgin Islands National Park. Mary Creek, the shallow bay on the east side, is a popular spot for fly fishing and kitesurfing.
USGS GNIS ID: 1614139
Montpellier is a settlement on the island of Saint Croix in the United States Virgin Islands.
USGS GNIS ID: 1614155
Nazareth is a settlement on the eastern side of Saint Thomas in the United States Virgin Islands.
USGS GNIS ID: 1614178
Neltjeberg is a settlement on the island of Saint Thomas in the United States Virgin Islands.
USGS GNIS ID: 1614182
Mary Point Estate is a historic property located on the north coast of Saint John, United States Virgin Islands on Mary's Point. The plantation was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places on May 22, 1978.
NRHP reference number: 78000272
Mount Pleasant, Saint Croix is a settlement on the island of Saint Croix in the United States Virgin Islands.
USGS GNIS ID: 1614167
Prosperity is a settlement on the island of Saint Croix in the United States Virgin Islands.
USGS GNIS ID: 1614236
Mafolie is a settlement on the island of Saint Thomas in the United States Virgin Islands.
USGS GNIS ID: 1614114
Nadir is a settlement on the island of St. Thomas in the United States Virgin Islands.
USGS GNIS ID: 1614174
Rattan and Belvedere is a settlement on the island of Saint Croix in the United States Virgin Islands.
USGS GNIS ID: 1614251
Area code 340 is the local telephone area code of the U.S. Virgin Islands. The 340 area code was created during a split from the original 809 area code, which began permissive dialing on 1 June 1997 and ended 30 June 1998.
Frenchtown is a settlement on the island of Saint Thomas in the United States Virgin Islands. It is located on the south coast, to the west of the capital, Charlotte Amalie and to the east of the settlement of Altona.
The Danish West India and Guinea Company Warehouse is a historic building located at Church and Company Streets in Christiansted, U.S. Virgin Islands. Built in 1749 for the Danish West India and Guinea Company, the building served as the center of Danish commerce on Saint Croix during the 18th and early 19th centuries. At the time, the U.S. Virgin Islands were known as the Danish West Indies, and Saint Croix had the most successful economy of the three islands. The building is representative of Danish colonial architecture and features stucco walls made of yellow brick imported from Denmark, an inner courtyard, and several cisterns. After its use as a warehouse ended in the 19th century, the building served as a telegraph office; it became a post office and customs house after the United States purchased the islands in 1917.
NRHP reference number: 74001940
East End is an administrative subdistrict of the island of St. Thomas in the United States Virgin Islands. The largest community is Red Hook, while smaller communities include Benner, Nazareth, Nadir, Frydendal, and Smith Bay. The subdistrict includes the offshore islands of Great Saint James, Little Saint James, Bovoni Cay, Patricia Cay, Cas Cay, Rotto Cay, Thatch Cay, Shark Island, and Dog Island.
Southside is a census subdistrict (CSD) on Saint Thomas in the United States Virgin Islands. The CSD is bordering Charlotte Amalie from Havensight in the west, Nordside- and the Tutu subdistricts to the north, and the East End subdistrict to the east. The 2010 U.S. Census showed a population of 5,411 people, which is a decrease of 56 people as compared to the 2000 U.S. Census of 5,467. Some of the communities here includes Havensight, Bellevue, Raphune, Hoffman, Bolongo and Bovoni.
WSKX (90.7 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a Reggae and Soca music format. Licensed to Christiansted, U.S. Virgin Islands, the station is currently owned by Better Communication Group.
WVSE (91.9 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a Spanish variety format. Licensed to Christiansted, U.S. Virgin Islands, the station is currently owned by Jose J. Martinez Velilla, under licensee Crucian Educational Non-Profit Group.
website: http://www.papiloveradio.com/
The Hamburg-America Shipping Line Administrative Offices, also known as United States District Courts Building, in Charlotte Amalie in Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, was built in 1914. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.
Street address: 48B Tolbod Gade (from Wikidata)
NRHP reference number: 78002731
The St. Croix East End Marine Park (STXEEMP) was established to "protect territorially significant marine resources, and promote sustainability of marine ecosystems, including coral reefs, sea grass beds, wildlife habitats and other resources, and to conserve and preserve significant natural areas for the use and benefit of future generations." It is the U.S. Virgin Islands’ first territorially designated and managed marine protected area (MPA).
WTJX-FM (93.1 MHz) is a non-commercial, educational public radio station, serving as the NPR network affiliate for the United States Virgin Islands. The station is licensed to Charlotte Amalie. The station is owned and operated by the Virgin Islands Public Broadcasting System, which also owns sister station WTJX-TV, a PBS affiliate.
West End is the name of one of the seven census subdistricts (CSD) on the island of Saint Thomas in the United States Virgin Islands. Some of the populated communities here include Adelphi, John Oley, Sorgenfri, Fortuna, and Bonne Esperance. According to the U.S. Bureau of the Census in 2010, the total population is 2,241, which is an increase of 8.9% from the 2000 U.S. Census, when 2,056 lived in the West End subdistrict. According to the Census of 2010, there are 1,128 housing units in the subdistrict, which is only less than Water Island subdistrict with its 203 housing units.
Bordeaux, also known as Estate Bordeaux, is a historic former sugar plantation located on the West End of Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. It was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1978. The listing included three contributing buildings and a contributing structure.
Whim is a historic sugar plantation located in Southwest subdistrict about 1.7 miles (2.7 km) southeast of Frederiksted on Centerline Road on Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. The listing included three contributing buildings, one contributing site, and two contributing structures, on 10 acres (4.0 ha).
NRHP reference number: 76001858; website: http://www.trywhim.com
WLDV (107.9 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a Mainstream Urban format. Licensed to Frederiksted, U.S. Virgin Islands, the station is currently owned by Creative Minds, LLC.
website: http://www.davybe.com/
Fort Willoughby (previously Prince Frederik's Battery) is a historic fort on Hassel Island in the U.S. Virgin Islands.
USS LST-467 was a United States Navy LST-1-class tank landing ship used in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater during World War II. As with many of her class, the ship was never named. Instead, she was referred to by her hull designation.
Hogensborg is a settlement on the island of Saint Croix in the United States Virgin Islands.
USGS GNIS ID: 1614015
WCVI-TV (channel 23) is a television station serving the United States Virgin Islands that is licensed to Christiansted, Saint Croix, and affiliated with CBS and ABC. Owned by Lilly Broadcasting, the station maintains transmitter facilities on Estate Princess Hill.
website: http://www.wcvi.tv/
Libanon Hill is a settlement on the island of Saint Croix in the United States Virgin Islands.
USGS GNIS ID: 1614077
Zambee is a settlement on the island of Saint Thomas in the United States Virgin Islands.
USGS GNIS ID: 1614436
Mandahl or Mandal is a settlement on the Northside of the island of St. Thomas in the United States Virgin Islands.
Williams Delighr is among the largest communities is the entire us Virgin Islands
USGS GNIS ID: 1614429
C.A.H.S. Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Charlotte Amalie, United States Virgin Islands. Stadium is owned by the Charlotte Amalie High School (C.A.H.S.). It is currently used mostly for soccer matches and athletics competitions.
Pearson Gardens is a public housing community on the island of Saint Thomas in the United States Virgin Islands.
USGS GNIS ID: 1614205
Battery Gut is a stream in the United States Virgin Islands.
Bellevue is a settlement on the island of Saint Thomas in the United States Virgin Islands.
USGS GNIS ID: 1994047
Bovoni is a settlement on the island of Saint Thomas in the United States Virgin Islands.
USGS GNIS ID: 1993369
The 1733 slave insurrection on St. John (Danish: Slaveoprøret på Sankt Jan) or the Slave Uprising of 1733, was a slave insurrection started on Sankt Jan in the Danish West Indies (now St. John, United States Virgin Islands) on November 23, 1733, when 150 African slaves from Akwamu, in present-day Ghana, revolted against the owners and managers of the island's plantations. Led by Breffu, an enslaved woman from Ghana, and lasting several months into August 1734, the slave rebellion was one of the earliest and longest slave revolts in the Americas. The Akwamu slaves captured the fort in Coral Bay and took control of most of the island. They intended to resume crop production under their control.
Adelphi is a settlement on the island of Saint Thomas in the United States Virgin Islands.
USGS GNIS ID: 1613676
Altona is a settlement on the island of Saint Thomas in the United States Virgin Islands. It is located on the south coast, to the west of the capital, Charlotte Amalie and the settlement of Frenchtown.
Bethlehem Old Work is a settlement on the island of Saint Croix in the United States Virgin Islands. It was set-up as one of the first plantations in the 1730s, and operated as the last sugar plantation on the island until the Bethlehem Central Factory closed in 1966.
USGS GNIS ID: 1613716
Bonne Esperance is a settlement on the island of Saint Thomas in the United States Virgin Islands.
USGS GNIS ID: 1613735
Benner is a settlement on the island of Saint Thomas in the United States Virgin Islands.
USGS GNIS ID: 1613710
The Addelita Cancryn Junior High School Ground was a cricket ground located in Charlotte Amalie, the capital of the United States Virgin Islands. The ground belongs to the Addelita Cancryn Junior High School.
website: http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/ground/59594.html
American Airlines Flight 625, a Boeing 727-100, crashed at St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands on April 27, 1976, while on a domestic scheduled passenger flight originating at T. F. Green Airport in Rhode Island and ending at Saint Thomas, United States Virgin Islands, with an intermediate stop at John F. Kennedy International Airport. 37 out of the 88 passengers on board died in the accident.
Bolongo is a settlement on the island of Saint Thomas in the United States Virgin Islands.
USGS GNIS ID: 1993362
Barrett is a settlement on the island of Saint Thomas in the United States Virgin Islands.
USGS GNIS ID: 1613702
Betzys Jewell is a settlement on the island of Saint Croix in the United States Virgin Islands.
USGS GNIS ID: 1613718
Estate Hafensight, also known as Havensight, located south of Charlotte Amalie on Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. It is one mile (1.6 km) across Long Bay from Charlotte Amalie.
NRHP reference number: 78002728
Estate Hogansborg is located east of Frederiksted off Centerline Road in the Northwest district of Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, or the West End Quarter of Saint Croix. It dates back to 1757. It was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1978. The listing included four contributing buildings, two contributing structures, and three contributing sites on 4.6 acres (1.9 ha).
NRHP reference number: 78002723
Fortsberg, a fortification overlooking Coral Bay in Saint John, U.S. Virgin Islands also known as Frederiksvaern, was built in 1760. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.
NRHP reference number: 76002218; USGS GNIS ID: 1613935
The Bethlehem Middle Works Historic District, in King's Quarter, in Southcentral, in Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. It is also known as Estate Bethlehem Middle Works and as Bethlehem Middle Works. It is a 34 acres (14 ha) historic district which included 26 contributing buildings, two contributing structures, and four contributing sites.
NRHP reference number: 87001932
Estate Grove Place, at Grove Place in the Northwest subdistrict near Frederiksted on St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, is a historic plantation which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.
NRHP reference number: 78002721
The Mafolie Great House, in Mafolie in the Northside subdistrict north of Charlotte Amalie in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, was built in 1795. The estate was originally part of Estate Catherineberg, but was sold to Captain Sonderburg in 1962. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. The listing included three contributing buildings and a contributing structure.
Lind Point Fort, located northwest of Cruz Bay on Saint John, U.S. Virgin Islands, is a historic site which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981.
NRHP reference number: 81000085
The Estate Brewers Bay, located near the University of the Virgin Islands and John Brewers Bay Beach about 2 miles (3.2 km) west of Charlotte Amalie on Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, is a historic sugar plantation which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.
NRHP reference number: 78002727
Estate Judith's Fancy, subdistrict of Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, 4 miles (6.4 km) northwest of Christiansted is a former sugarcane plantation whose great house was built in 1733. Its surviving 3.6 acres (1.5 ha) property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. The listing included six contributing sites.
NRHP reference number: 78002717
The Estate Carolina Sugar Plantation near Coral Bay on Saint John, U.S. Virgin Islands is a historic sugar plantation and later rum distillery.
NRHP reference number: 76002217
Estate Saint George Historic District is a historic district in the Northwest subdistrict near Fredericksted in Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. The listing included eight contributing buildings, nine contributing sites, and seven contributing structures.
NRHP reference number: 86003351
Tutu Plantation House in the Tutu subdistrict of St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, was built in 1813. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. The listing included two contributing buildings.
The Nur Mosque is a mosque in Charlotte Amalie, Saint Thomas, United States Virgin Islands.
Venus Hill (also known as Venus Pillar or Mafolie Observatory) is a historic site on Estate Mafolie in Charlotte Amalie, Virgin Islands, marking the spot where, in 1882, a transit of Venus was observed and recorded. The monument was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.
NRHP reference number: 78002733
Bourne Field was a US Marine Corps Air Facility (MCAF) located on St. Thomas, a part of the US Virgin Islands. Throughout its service, it was known as Navy Operating Base, St. Thomas, MCAS St. Thomas, and MCAF St. Thomas, Virgin Islands. The previously civilian airstrip was acquired by the US government and operated as a military base between 1935 and 1948, then returned to civilian use.
The property known as Estate Niesky was purchased in 1755 by the Moravian Church in Charlotte Amalie, during the era when America's original Thirteen Colonies were still part of the British Empire. The United States would not take possession of the islands until March 31, 1917, at which time Denmark sold the islands for the sum of $25,000,000 in United States gold coin.
Estate Rust-Op-Twist, situated near Christiansted on the island of Saint Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands, is a former colonial sugar plantation. It was a hub of sugar production from 1755 until the early 1900s, and is currently listed on the US National Register of Historic Places.
The St. Croix water crisis is an ongoing public health crisis that started in October 2023 after the tap water from the Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority (WAPA) was contaminated with lead.
Anna's Hope Village is an administrative sub-district of St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands.
The Bethlehem Soccer Stadium is an association football stadium in Upper Bethlehem, St. Croix, United States Virgin Islands. The stadium is home to the US Virgin Islands national football team while the larger complex also includes the offices and technical center of the U.S. Virgin Islands Soccer Federation.
Estate Mount Victory, near Frederiksted on Saint Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. The listing included five contributing sites on 7 acres (2.8 ha).
NRHP reference number: 78002724
Estate Perseverance, near Charlotte Amalie on Saint Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. The listing included a contributing building and a contributing site on 2 acres (0.81 ha).
NRHP reference number: 78002730
Mosquito Bay plantation was owned by Johan Lorentz Carstens, who was also the owner of the plantations Perlen on Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands and a smaller plantation on St. Jan.
Estate Butler's Bay, on the island of Saint Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands, was established as a sugar plantation by 1764. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. The listing included five contributing buildings, a contributing structure, and five contributing sites.
NRHP reference number: 78002722
The Jossie Gut Historic District, in Reef Bay Valley / Reef Bay, Virgin Islands, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981. The listing included two contributing structures and four contributing sites. It is included in Virgin Islands National Park. It is located west of Coral Bay off Center Line Road, in the Central area of the park. It includes remains of a horsemill.
NRHP reference number: 81000086
Estate St. John, near Christiansted on Saint Croix in the United States Virgin Islands, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. It has also been known as St. Jan Plantage. The listing included two contributing buildings and a contributing structure.
NRHP reference number: 78002718
Liever Marches Bay is a shallow bight on the north shore of the island of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands, just east of Brown Bay, towards the eastern end of the island. It has a 450 feet (140 m) shingle beach.
The Richmond Prison Detention and Workhouse, on the island of Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. The listing included two contributing buildings and a contributing structure on 4 acres (1.6 ha).
Smith Bay is a settlement on the East End of the island of St. Thomas in the United States Virgin Islands.
Brown Bay is a bay and a former sugar cane and cotton plantation in the Virgin Islands National Park on the island of Saint John, U.S. Virgin Islands. It is on the north shore of eastern end of the island, north of the settlement of Palestina.
Estate Botany Bay, near Charlotte Amalie on Saint Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.
NRHP reference number: 76001861
Estate La Reine, near Christiansted on Saint Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands, dates from around 1750. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. The listing included three contributing buildings, two contributing structures, and a contributing site.
NRHP reference number: 80003994
Enighed, located in the Cruz Bay Quarter on Saint John, U.S. Virgin Islands, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.
NRHP reference number: 76002219
The Battle of West Kay (Danish and Norwegian: Slaget ved Fugleklippen) sometimes also referred to by the Danish name as the Battle of Fugleklippen, was a naval battle between Denmark-Norway and The United Kingdom. The battle took place at the Skerry of West Kay (Danish: Fugleklippen), near St. Thomas , and ended in a Danish victory, which would later on have a significant national importance for Denmark.
Guinea Gut is a stream in the United States Virgin Islands.
Great Pond is a 50 ha saline coastal lagoon on the south-eastern shoreline of the island of Saint Croix in the United States Virgin Islands. The pond is part of St Croix East End Marine Park. It the second largest salt pond in the Virgin Islands, and is one of the largest remaining mangrove tracts in St. Croix.
USGS GNIS ID: 1613979
WTJX-TV (channel 12) is a PBS member television station serving the United States Virgin Islands that is licensed to Charlotte Amalie, Saint Thomas. Owned by the Virgin Islands Public Broadcasting System, it is sister to NPR member WTJX-FM (93.1 MHz). The two stations share studios on Haypiece Hill in Charlotte Amalie; WTJX-TV's transmitter is located on Signal Hill.
website: https://www.wtjx.org/
The National Capital Area Council (NCAC) is a local council of the Boy Scouts of America within the Northeast Region that serves the Washington metropolitan area, including Washington, D.C., portions of Maryland and Virginia, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The council offers extensive training, and administrative support to units. It is rated as a "Class 100" council by the National Council (headquarters office), which denotes that the NCAC is among the very largest in the country. Chartered in 1911, it is also one of the oldest. The council is divided into 21 districts serving ten counties in Northern Virginia, six counties in Maryland, the District of Columbia, the US Virgin Islands, and BSA units throughout the Americas. The council has a 5 to 2 ratio of youth members to adult leaders, which is among the highest of all the councils. The youth retention rate is currently 70% which was affected by COVID-19.
website: https://www.ncacbsa.org
WSVI (channel 8) is a television station serving the United States Virgin Islands that is licensed to Christiansted, Saint Croix, and affiliated with Ion. It is owned by Atlas News and Information Services alongside Charlotte Amalie–licensed independent station WZVI (channel 21). The two stations share studios at the Sunny Isle Shopping Center in Christiansted; WSVI's transmitter is located on Blue Mountain.
website: http://www.wsvi.tv/
Street address: Athalie Petersen Public Library, 604 Strand Street, Frederiksted, St. Croix, Virgin Islands, 00840, United States (from Wikidata)
website: http://www.virginislandspubliclibraries.org/librarypetersen.asp
Street address: Regional Library for the Blind & Physically Handicapped, 3012 Golden Rocl, Christiansted, St. Croix, Virgin Islands, 00820, United States (from Wikidata)
website: http://www.virginislandspubliclibraries.org/libraryregional.asp
Street address: Elaine I. Sprauve Public Library, Est. Enighed, Cruz Bay, St. John, Virgin Islands, 00830, United States (from Wikidata)
website: http://www.virginislandspubliclibraries.org/librarysprauve.asp
NRHP reference number: 81000089
NRHP reference number: 81000094
website: http://www.vitema.gov/
USGS GNIS ID: 1993607; website: https://www.paradisepointvi.com/
website: https://www.nps.gov/viis/planyourvisit/visitorcenter.htm
website: http://www.vihfa.gov/
website: https://cinnamonbayresort.com/
Street address: 41-42 Norre Gade (from Wikidata)
Street address: Virgin Islands Public Library System, 23 Dronningens Gade, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas County, Virgin Islands, 00802, United States (from Wikidata)
website: http://www.virginislandspubliclibraries.org/usvi/index.asp
Street address: Kronprindsens Gade 87 (from Wikidata)