Minor Islands Of The U.S. Virgin Islands
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The United States Virgin Islands is an unincorporated territory of the United States that comprises a group of islands in the
Caribbean The Caribbean (, ) ( es, El Caribe; french: la Caraïbe; ht, Karayib; nl, De Caraïben) is a region of the Americas that consists of the Caribbean Sea, its islands (some surrounded by the Caribbean Sea and some bordering both the Caribbean Se ...
. In addition to the main residential islands of Saint Thomas, Saint Croix, Saint John, and Water Island, there are roughly 50 other islands and cays. These include:


Saint Croix

* Buck Island (
National Park A national park is a nature park, natural park in use for conservation (ethic), conservation purposes, created and protected by national governments. Often it is a reserve of natural, semi-natural, or developed land that a sovereign state dec ...
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Green Cay National Wildlife Refuge Green Cay National Wildlife Refuge, encompasses the 6 ha (14 acre) island of Green Cay lying midway between the town of Christiansted and Buck Island Reef National Monument, just north of Saint Croix in the United States Virgin Islan ...
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Protestant Cay Protestant Cay is a four-acre triangular islet in the Christiansted Harbor, 200 yards north of Christiansted, U.S. Virgin Islands, Christiansted. The island is home to a resort, the Hotel on the Cay, which is home to a protected sand beach, small ...
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Ruth Island Ruth Island (also known as Ruth Cay) is an artificial island off the southern coast of Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands Saint Croix; nl, Sint-Kruis; french: link=no, Sainte-Croix; Danish and no, Sankt Croix, Taino: ''Ay Ay'' ( ) is an i ...


East End, Saint Thomas

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Cas Cay Cas Cay is a undeveloped island, situated a mile south of Red Hook on the eastern side of Saint Thomas in the United States Virgin Islands. It is under the protection of the Department of Natural Resources. Ferries here depart from Compass Poin ...
* Dog Island * Great Saint James * Little Saint James *
Shark Island Shark Island may refer to: Places *Cocos Island, Costa Rica *Shark Island, Namibia, off the coast of Namibia *Shark Island Concentration Camp, at Shark Island, Namibia *Shark Island (Port Jackson), in Sydney Harbour, Australia *Shark Island (Cronu ...
* Thatch Cay


West End, Saint Thomas

* Kalkun Cay * Savana Island


Northside, Saint Thomas

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Hans Lollik Island The Hans Lollik Islands are two privately-owned islands in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Great Hans Lollik Island ("GHL") is found approximately 8,000 feet (2½ km) beyond the central northshore of St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, separated from S ...
s * Inner Brass * Outer Brass


Southside, Saint Thomas

* Buck Island *
Capella Island Capella Island is a 230-acre (0.93 km2) uninhabited island that is owned by the United States Virgin Islands. It is located about 2 miles (4 km) south of the island of St. Thomas. It is adjacent to Buck Island, home of Buck Island Na ...
* Hassel Island (
National Park A national park is a nature park, natural park in use for conservation (ethic), conservation purposes, created and protected by national governments. Often it is a reserve of natural, semi-natural, or developed land that a sovereign state dec ...
) * Saba Island * Turtledove Cay


Central, Saint John

* Carvel Rock * Congo Cay * Grass Cay *
Lovango Cay Lovango Cay is a private island in the district of St. John, in the United States Virgin Islands. Lying northwest of the island of St. John, Lovango (also known at various times as ''Loango'' and ''Awango'') covers an area of and ris ...
* Mingo Cay * Steven Cay


Northside, Saint John

* Cinnamon Cay *
Henley Cay Henley Cay, previously known as Women's Cay, is an 11-acre tropical islet in the United States Virgin Islands. The cay is 300 yards in diameter and the largest and southernmost of the Durloe Cays in the Virgin Islands National Park. Henley Cay is ...
* Ramgoat Cay * Trunk Cay * Waterlemon Cay * Whistling Cay


East End, Saint John

* Flanagan Island *
Leduck Island Leduck Island is an island in the United States Virgin Islands, also spelled LeDuck Island, which is located 0.5 miles east of Sabbat Point in Johns Folly, U.S. Virgin Islands, Johns Folly, separated from Saint John by the Sabbat Channel. LeDuck Is ...


See also

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Islands of the United States Virgin Islands Almost all of the Caribbean islands are in the Caribbean Sea, with only a few in inland lakes. The largest island is Cuba. Other sizable islands include Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico and Trinidad and Tobago. Some of the smaller islands are ref ...
* Danish West Indies * Danish colonization of the Americas


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