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Virgin Islands (island group) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 18 00 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 18.0000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 064 00 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -64.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Comprises around 100 islands, located where the Greater and Lesser Antilles meet. The group is divided politically between Britain and the United States. Islands were initially inhabited by Arawaks, then by Caribs. It was sighted by Columbus in 1493. The islands were claimed at various times by the French, Danes, and Dutch. |
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| Virgin Islands (preferred,C,O)
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| Vírgenes, Islas (C,O)
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| Jungfern-Inseln (C,O)
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| Iles Vierges (C,O)
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| Santa Ursula y las Once Mil Virgenes (H,O)
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............ | named by Christopher Columbus, 1493 |
| St. Ursula and the Eleven Thousand Virgins (H,O)
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| St. Ursula and the Eleven Thousand Virgins.......... |
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Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) II, 533 |
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