Virgin Islands

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Virgin Islands

Virgins Islands   Spanish Virgin Islands (of Puerto Rico)   United States Virgin Islands   British Virgin Islands   Puerto Rico
Geography
Location	Caribbean Sea, Atlantic Ocean
Coordinates	18°12′N 64°48′W / 18.2°N 64.8°W / 18.2; -64.8
Archipelago	Leeward Islands
United States
Insular area	United States Virgin Islands
Insular area	Puerto Rico
United Kingdom
Overseas territory	British Virgin Islands

The Virgin Islands (Spanish: Islas Vírgenes) are an archipelago between the North Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea geographically forming part of the Leeward Islands of the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean islands or West Indies. Geologically separated from the rest of the Lesser Antilles by the Anegada Passage, all of the islands except for Saint Croix lie on the same continental shelf platform as the main island of Puerto Rico, which is itself separated from rest of the Greater Antilles by the Mona Passage and Cayon.^{[1][2][3][4][5]} Politically, the islands fall into three jurisdictions: the westernmost British overseas territory of the Virgin Islands, informally referred to as British Virgin Islands, the central unincorporated American territory of the Virgin Islands of the United States, commonly known as the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the easternmost island-municipalities of the unincorporated American territory of Puerto Rico, which are officially named Vieques and Culebra, but are generally called the Spanish Virgin Islands or Puerto Rican Virgin Islands.