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Environment and Public Health > Environment > Islands > West Indies > United States Virgin Islands
... > Biological Phenomena > Ecological and Environmental Phenomena > Environment > Islands > West Indies > United States Virgin Islands
Geographic Locations > Islands > West Indies > United States Virgin Islands
Geographic Locations > Americas > Caribbean Region > West Indies > United States Virgin Islands

Preferred term

United States Virgin Islands  

Type

  • Geographical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Virgin Islands of the United States

Note

  • a group of islands in the Lesser Antilles in the West Indies; do not confuse with the British Virgin Islands to their north ( = VIRGIN ISLANDS, BRITISH see WEST INDIES)

Scope note

  • A group of islands in the Lesser Antilles in the West Indies, the three main islands being St. Croix, St. Thomas, and St. John. The capital is Charlotte Amalie. Before 1917 the U.S. Virgin Islands were held by the Danish and called the Danish West Indies but the name was changed when the United States acquired them by purchase.

History note

  • 2014(1982)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D014767

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