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The Virgin Islands are the
western island group of
the Leeward Islands, which are
the northern part of the Lesser
Antilles, and form the border
between the Caribbean Sea and
the Atlantic Ocean. Politically,
the eastern islands form the Brit-
ish Virgin Islands and the west-
ern ones form the Virgin Islands
of the United States. The British
Virgin Islands is an overseas ter-
ritory of the United Kingdom
comprising approximately 60 is-
lands and cays including Tortola,
Virgin Gorda, Jost Van Dyke, and
Anegada.
The U.S. Virgin Islands is one
of five inhabited insular ar- gin Islands.
eas of the United States, along
with American Samoa, Guam,
Northern Mariana Islands, and
Puerto Rico. The territory com-
prises a number of islands in-
cluding St. Croix, St. John, St.
Thomas and Water Island. The
Virgin Passage separates the
American Virgin Islands from the
so-called Spanish Virgin Islands
of Vieques and Culebra, which
are part of Puerto Rico. The Unit- to the Virgins (las Vírgenes). The
ed States dollar is the official
The eBooks contain
links to the 3DAVI
Explore the Sea
module of over 400
web pages that
describes Coral,
Sponges and Sea
Critters.
currency on both the British and
American Virgin Islands as well
as the Spanish/Puerto Rican Vir-
Christopher Columbus
named the islands after
Saint Ursula and the 11,000 Vir-
gins (Spanish: Santa Úrsula y las
Once Mil Vírgenes), shortened
official name of the British ter-
ritory is the Virgin Islands, and
the official name of the U.S. ter-
ritory is the Virgin Islands of the
United States.