Where is the US Virgin Islands?

The US Virgin Islands play connect-the-dots 1100 miles (1770km) southeast of Miami in the balmy waters where the Atlantic Ocean meets the Caribbean Sea. Most of the 50 or so islands, cays and jutting rocks that make up the territory are clustered around St Thomas (30 sq miles/245 sq km) and St John (20 sq miles/50 sq km), which lap it up 40 miles (65km) east of Puerto Rico and just southwest of the British Virgin Islands. Sts Thomas and John are a cozy conch-shell call apart, separated only by the 2-mile-wide (3km) Pillsbury Sound. Their distant big bro, St Croix, is plopped firmly in the Caribbean Sea 45 miles (72km) south and measures a whopping 80 sq miles (205 sq km).

Geographic coordinates:

18 20 N, 64 50 W

Interesting Links:

http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/caribbean/us_virgin_islands/

http://www.usvi.net/usvi/index.html

http://www.usvitourism.vi/

http://www.usviguide.com/