Cowell Battery is a settlement on the island of
Hassel near
Saint Thomas in the
United States Virgin Islands
The United States Virgin Islands,. Also called the ''American Virgin Islands'' and the ''U.S. Virgin Islands''. officially the Virgin Islands of the United States, are a group of Caribbean islands and an unincorporated and organized territory ...
. 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
The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment), once known as the Royal Regiment of Foot, was the oldest and most senior infantry regiment line infantry, of the line of the British Army, having been raised in 1633 during the reign of Charles I of England ...
who was
Governor of St Thomas during the British occupation of 1801–1802.
References
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Populated places in Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
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