Orientation
St. Thomas’ 32 square miles (13 miles long and three wide) make it the second-largest of the US Virgin Islands (St. Croix is larger). It is the seat of the local government and the most cosmopolitan of the three major islands.
Three small islands lie in Charlotte Amalie’s harbor. Water Island, now officially the fourth-largest Virgin, has lovely beaches and biking paths. Hassel Island, which had a fort on it, is now part of the US National Park. It has hiking trails. Buck Island is a wildlife preserve.
St. Thomas is 1,600 miles south-southeast of New York and 1,100 miles south-southeast of Miami. It is part of the Lesser Antilles island chain, which divides the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea. Excellent beaches on the north shore are washed by Atlantic waters and others on the south are washed by Caribbean waves. The island is home to 51,000 people – native Virgin Islanders, emigrants from nearby islands and transplanted mainlanders.
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