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Virgin Islands. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05 Under a law passed in 1954, the islands are administered by the U.S. Dept. of the Interior; a governor and senate are locally elected. Although constituting the westernmost part of the Lesser Antilles, the Virgin Islands form a geological unit with Puerto Rico and the Greater Antilles; they are of volcanic origin overlaid with limestone. The Virgin Islands National Park covers much of St. John. www.bartleby.com /65/vi/VirginI.html   (604 words)

Coral Reefs of the U.S. Virgin Islands Perhaps the most conspicuous change on U.S. Virgin Islands coral reefs over the last few decades is the decline in elkhorn coral, one of the primary reef-building corals in the Caribbean (Fig. The U.S. Virgin Islands have been hit by 4 hurricanes and numerous tropical storms in the last 15 years. Coral reefs in the U.S. Virgin Islands face the same pressures as reefs elsewhere in the Caribbean (Rogers 1985; Beets et al. biology.usgs.gov /s+t/SNT/noframe/cr134.htm   (2118 words)

The United States Virgin Islands: History "Virgin Islands of the United States" Creque, Darwin D., The U.S. Virgins and The Eastern Caribbean (Philadelphia: Whitmore Publishing Co., 1968), 6. "Virgin Islands of the United States" Encarta Encyclopedia. "Virgin Islands of the United States" Creque, The U.S. Virgins and The Eastern Caribbean, 71-73. www.uvm.edu /~jgale/hst164/history.html   (2118 words)

GORP - Christiansted National Historic Site in the U.S. Virgin Islands Seeking islands on which to cultivate sugar as well as an outlet for trade, the Danish West India and Guinea Company (a group of nobles and merchants chartered by the Crown) took possession of St. Thomas in 1672 and its neighbor St. John in 1717. Until Denmark outlawed its slave race in 1803, Christiansted was an important port on the infamous Triangular Trade, which took trinkets and rum from Europe to Africa, slaves to the Caribbean, and sugar and molasses to New England or Europe. Among his accomplishments were a plan for a new town, which he named Christiansted in honor of the reigning monarch, King Christian VI, and a survey of the island into plantations of 150 acres, which were offered at bargain prices to new settlers. gorp.away.com /gorp/resource/us_nhp/vi_chris.htm   (3074 words)

Christiansted, U.S. Virgin Islands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands, and former capital of the Virgin Islands. An 1836 plan of Fort Christiansværn, a historic building in Christiansted This place is also the birthplace of NBA player Tim Duncan. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Christiansted,_U.S._Virgin_Islands   (120 words)

Home Aquariums Pose Growing Threat to Reefs CHRISTIANSTED, U.S. Virgin Islands -- Home aquarium owners, most in the United States, are threatening fragile reefs by buying up tons of the world's coral and tropical fish, experts say. The U.S. Coral Reef Task Force is meeting on the U.S. Virgin Island of St. Croix to consider ways to preserve reefs and mull reports by its committees of scientists, business leaders and government officials. The demand to fill fish tanks is fueling a thriving trade in illegal harvesting, with divers squirting cyanide into reefs to stun fish and killing smaller fish and coral in the process. www.flmnh.ufl.edu /natsci/ichthyology/InNews/SaltAquariums.htm   (534 words)

U.S. Virgin Islands Hotels - Research U.S. Virgin Islands Hotels and Read Reviews by Readers Croix is the largest of the U.S. Virgin Islands, with two towns -- Christiansted and Frederiksted. HotelGuide, HotelGuide U.S. Virgin Islands and Profile Page are service marks of MetroGuide.com, Inc. HotelGuide Network is a registered service mark of MetroGuide.com, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Area Facts: The U.S. Virgin Islands actually consist of 50 islands in all, from the larger St. Croix, St. John and St. Thomas to the uninhabited rocks jutting out of the beautiful blue sea. usvi.hotelguide.net   (627 words)

U.S. Virgin Islands Maps - Perry-Castañeda Map Collection - UT Library Online Virgin Islands 1920 "Virgin Islands of the United States" from Putnam's Handy Volume Atlas of the World, with an Index of Cities and Towns giving the Complete 1920 Census of the United States and lists of the Countries and Cities of the World, With Latest Population Figures and Useful Statistical Information. Virgin Islands (U.S. External Territory) (Political) C.I.A. 1976 (142K) and pdf format (145K) Virgin Islands (U.S. External Territory) (Small Map) C.I.A. City Maps www.lib.utexas.edu /maps/virgin_islands.html   (162 words)

U.S.Virgin Islands and British Virgin Islands - Information - Caribbean Islands The U.S. Virgin Islands, St. Thomas, St. Croix and St. John are America's foothold in the Caribbean. The British Virgin Islands...Tortola, Virgin Gorda, Jost Van Dyke, Peter Island, Anegada and all the little islands in between are also popular tourist destinations...their waters attract sailors from all over the world... Great sailing is a draw for visitors to the Virgin Islands. www.islandinns.com /islands/virginislands.html   (1111 words)

AsianWeek.com: National News: Dozens of Illegal Migrants Detained Near U.S. Virgin Islands Christiansted, U.S. Virgin Islands — U.S. authorities detained dozens of illegal Chinese migrants in international waters near the U.S. Virgin Islands, keeping them on Coast Guard ships until officials negotiate a deal for nearby islands to help process them. The U.S. State Department was negotiating with the British Virgin Islands and Dutch St. Maarten to take some of the migrants for processing, Taravella said. AsianWeek.com: National News: Dozens of Illegal Migrants Detained Near U.S. Virgin Islands www.asianweek.com /2001_05_25/news9_virginislandsarrests.html   (370 words)

US Virgin Islands Other communities in the group are Christiansted and Frederiksted, both on Virgin Islands of the United States, group of 3 islands and about 50 islets, most of which are uninhabited, in the Lesser Antilles chain of the West Indies, east of Puerto Rico and lying between the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. The three islands, with their areas, are Saint Thomas (83 sq km/32 sq mi), Saint John (52 sq km/20 sq mi), and www.ovayonda.net /lodging/country/vi.html   (210 words)

Sea Turtles of the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico In 1972 Virgin Islands' law finally made it illegal to harvest sea turtles on their nesting beaches and allowed harvest in the water only between October and April. In the Virgin Islands, hawksbills supplied the tortoiseshell industry beginning in the 1920's; the harvest was so great that turtle carcasses were common on the beaches, and hawksbill populations declined dramatically. Despite protective legislation in the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico, the subsistence use of sea turtle meat and eggs and the harvest of hawksbills for their shells continue in adjacent island nations, posing a significant threat to the survival of sea turtles in this region. biology.usgs.gov /s+t/SNT/noframe/cr136.htm   (2729 words)

The U.S. Virgin Islands All the Virgin Islands except Anegada and St. Croix are rugged and hilly. Virgin Islands is the name of two groups of small islands east of Puerto Rico. Congress created the Virgin Islands National Park in 1956, adding more interest in the group as a tourist center. www.american.edu /carmel/as9604a/the_us_virgin_islands.htm   (461 words)

US Virgin Islands (USVI) - A Travel Guide for Beach Lovers Croix is the largest of the United States Virgin Islands at 82 square miles. The US Virgin Islands, are truly America's Paradise. Virgin Islands Snorkeling The USVI for Kids Shop for Virgin Island Items Virgin Island Facts www.thebeach.vi   (372 words)

MainTour U.S. Virgin Islands Travel and Vacation Guide Largest of the U.S. Virgin Islands, St. Croix feature a diverse landscape of green rain forest, desert vegetation, rocky red cliffs and white sand beaches. Charlotte Amalie - capital city of the U.S. Virgin Islands - is located on St. Thomas. The U.S. purchased the islands from the Dutch in 1917. www.maintour.com /virginis/uspage.htm   (564 words)

Travel - Christiansted U.S. Virgin Islands Christiansted U.S. Virgin Islands is a popular stop for visitors interested in more than a beach vacation. Be sure to find a comfortable hotel in Christiansted U.S. Virgin Islands so you can enjoy everything this great city has to offer. Christiansted U.S. Virgin Islands has many attractions including: www.find-out.biz /travel/caribbean/us-virgin-islands/christiansted   (135 words)

Nightlife, Dining & Entertainment - U.S. Virgin Islands Fact Sheet U.S. citizens are allowed a duty-free shopping quota of $1,200 twice that of any other island in the Caribbean and three times that of European countries. There’s no shortage of nightlife in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Although restaurants in the U.S. Virgin lslands feature international cuisine, including French, Japanese, Italian and Chinese, visitors are encouraged to try a variety of West Indian specialties, including fresh local fish and Caribbean lobster. www.usvi.org /tourism/factsheet/nightlife.html   (333 words)

Island leaders oppose designation of coral reef preserves The reefs in the U.S. Virgin Islands were among seven natural and historical areas designated as national monuments by Clinton. The Islands' delegate to the U.S. Congress Donna Christian-Christiansen said she was ``gravely disappointed'' and would lobby the new Congress and President-elect Bush to reverse the order. The islands' top two elected leaders opposed the move, saying the monuments would inflict harm on fishermen who depend on the rich coastal fishing grounds for their livelihoods. www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2001/01/17/international2324EST0907.DTL   (221 words)

95a1223p.txt However, despite the tightness of the insurance market in the Virgin Islands, the record before us does not support the supposition, and Neadle does not claim, that there was no other insurance coverage available in the Virgin Islands market for the AMPAC policy holders. The Virgin Islands government established the Hurricane Hugo Fund Program to pay the claims for AMPAC and American Alliance, the other Virgin Islands insurance company that failed as a result of claims arising out of the hurricane. If we focus on the Virgin Islands as the victim of the fraud, the loss is the governmental or societal loss of the $700,000 reserve. vls.law.vill.edu /locator/3d/Dec1995/95a1223p.txt   (9815 words)

Travel Channel :: U.S. Virgin Islands The Buck Island Reef National Monument (Buck Island, off the north shore of St. Croix, Christiansted, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, PHONE: 340/773-1460 park headquarters; www.nps.gov/buis), off the northeast coast, has pristine beaches that are just right for sunbathing, but there's some shade for those who don't want to fry. Built in 1735 as a slave market, today the market (Company St., Christiansted, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands), housed in a wood and galvanized aluminum structure, is where farmers and others sell their goods every Wednesday and Saturday from 8 to 5. Built by the Danes in 1753, the Steeple Building (Church St., Christiansted, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, PHONE: 340/773-1460) was the first Danish Lutheran church on St. Croix. travel.discovery.com /destinations/fodors/usvirginislands/sightsacts_30987_1.html   (1299 words)

Business Information for the US Virgin Islands The identity of the owner of a USVI exempt companies is not public information but it is subject to disclosure to the Virgin Islands Bureau of Internal Revenue[13] or the IRS upon proper request. U.S. citizens and permanent residents with income from the USVI, but who are not resident there, pay the same total amount of tax as they would if all their income were from U.S. sources, but the tax is apportioned between the United States and the USVI. In many cases the U.S. federal estate and gift tax apply in the USVI to U.S. citizens and permanent residents domiciled there at death or at the time of the gift. www.usvi.net /usvi/tax.html   (2980 words)

coind30.htm The old Danish Customs House in downtown Christiansted, now maintained by the National Park Service. A sundial was erected here, the easternmost point of United States Territory to commemorate the coming of the new millennium. Here the new day begins for the United States in the Western Hemisphere. www.photolib.noaa.gov /coastline/coind30.htm   (2980 words)

United States Virgin Islands The United States Marine Corps maintains an air base on Saint Thomas and an airfield on Saint Croix. The Virgin Islands remained a Spanish possession throughout the 16th century. During the 18th and 19th centuries, the Virgin Islands flourished as a center for the slave trade and as a producer of sugar. studentorgs.utexas.edu /csaut/usvirgin.html   (2980 words)

DIVEGUIDE.COM UNITED STATES VIRGIN ISLANDS DIVE CARIBBEAN SCUBA DIVING UNITED STATES VIRGIN ISLANDS DIVE CARIBBEAN SCUBA DIVING www.diveguide.com /usvi.htm   (2980 words)

US Virgin Islands Travel Guide @ TravelNotes.org Best buys in the Virgin Islands include jewellery, electronics and perfume. Photographs and descriptions of historic sites, marine parks and lush gardens in the Virgin Islands. Guide to hotels, inns, villas, condos in the US Virgin Islands. www.travelnotes.org /LatinAmerica/us_virgin.htm   (2980 words)

Virgin Islands -> The Virgin Islands of the United States on Encyclopedia.com 2002 The Virgin Islands of the United States (2000 pop. Virgin Islands -> The Virgin Islands of the United States on Encyclopedia.com 2002 Go with the cash flow Fiona Adams finds out why even soggy money is acceptable in the British Virgin Islands www.encyclopedia.com /html/section/VirginI_TheVirginIslandsoftheUnitedStates.asp   (2980 words)

A quick tour of St. Croix, US Virgin Islands Here's where Columbus first arrived in the Virgin Islands in November 1493 on his second voyage to the New World, with 17 ships and 1500 men. Out on West Airport Road you can visit the distillery and see them making Virgin Islands rum. There also is an interesting chronology of the African people's history in the Virgin Islands; and the history of the diverse architectural styles throughout the centuries. www.usvi.net /usvi/stxsi.html   (2980 words)

U.S. Virgin Islands: About The Island of St. Croix Travelers looking to mix a little culture and history with time on the beach will find the island of St. Croix in the United States Virgin Islands a perfect vacation destination. Standing sentry ofer Christiansted Harbor and the Caribbean Sea is Fort Christiansvaern, an imposing, yellow-brick marvel built by the Danes to ward off pirates and imprison those who were caught plundering the island's ports. Colorful shops and fine restaurants housed in old Danish-built structures line the island's wide streets, and historic churches still remain from the days when the island was a prosperous commercial port. www.virginisles.com /stcroix.html   (2980 words)

General Information About the United States Virgin Islands from U.S. Virgin Islands Lawyer Other main towns in the United States Virgin Islands are Frederiksted and Christiansted, which are both on St. Croix, and Cruz Bay, which is on St. John. The Virgin Islands Legislature is unicameral and has seven senators from each of the two districts and one at-large senator (who resides on St. The U.S. Virgin Islands also has other instrumentalities such as the Virgin Islands Port Authority and the Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority. www.usvi-lawyer.com /html/island.htm   (2980 words)

St. Croix, USVI - Wiesner Development Christiansted, United States Virgin Islands Croix, USVI - Wiesner Development Christiansted, United States Virgin Islands Wiesner Development Company, one of the oldest and most respected land developers in the United States Virgin Islands, has been working with international clients and investors for over 40 years. Wiesner Development Company has the expertise to assist potential investors with acquisition of land; design of the hotel, casino and/or convention center; and obtaining all types of licensing including the casino license. www.stcroix-usvi.com   (2980 words)

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