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7 unusual facts about Virgin Islands


Great Camanoe

Great Camanoe is a small island located just north of Beef Island and northeast of Tortola in the British Virgin Islands, a group of islands which forms part of the archipelago of the Virgin Islands, located in the Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea.

James F. Cahill

At the end of his active naval career, Cahill transferred to the Virgin Islands to participate in the filming of the motion picture "Frogmen" and took an active lead in developing the commercial and recreational scuba diving industry.

Jost Van Dyke

The island is accessible by private boats and ferry service from Tortola and Saint Thomas (via Saint John).

Jost Van Dyke lies about 8 km to the northwest of Tortola and 8 km to the north of Saint John.

At roughly 8 square kilometers, and about 3 square miles Jost Van Dyke is the smallest of the four main islands of the British Virgin Islands, the northern portion of the archipelago of the Virgin Islands, located in the Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea.

Saxophone Colossus

"St. Thomas" is a calypso-inspired piece named after Saint Thomas in the Virgin Islands.

Trilogija 2: Devičanska ostrva

Trilogija 2: Devičanska ostrva (Serbian Cyrillic: Трилогија 2: Девичанска острва, trans. Trilogy 2: Virgin Islands) is the second EP from Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band Riblja Čorba.


Jones Hope Wooten

There have been well over 18,000 performances of their comedies, entertaining millions of theatre-goers across the United States, as well as in Canada, Denmark, Japan, the Netherlands, Australia, Germany, Mexico,the Virgin Islands, England, Taiwan, Scotland and Kenya.

Roger Abramson

In addition to his work on the boards of the Arts Councils of Miami Beach (1999–2006), Cincinnati and the Ohio Arts Council (to which he was a founding member), he served as a consultant to the Virgin Islands Arts Council (appointed by Vice President Humphrey), the Appalachian Arts and Craft Council, and the Young Friends of The Arts.

Svetlana Gorokhovich

From 1991-1996 Svetlana worked with internationally acclaimed violinist Dmitri Berlinsky, touring worldwide including Virgin Islands, Japan and USA.

Tenaturris trilineata

trilineata can be found in Atlantic and Caribbean waters, ranging from the Campeche Bank to Colombia and the Virgin Islands.

W29CB

W29CB & W36DX-D are Owned & Operated by V.I. Christian Ministries, Inc. which also owns WMNS-LP Channel 22, a Translator for TV2 a CBS Affiliate.

Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act of 1954

In addition, loans to localities were authorized and the provisions of the Act were extended to apply to Hawaii, Alaska, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands.

WIVV

Licensed to Vieques, Puerto Rico, it serves part of Puerto Rico, large areas of the US Virgin Islands, the British Virgin Islands, and the Lesser Antilles.

WMNS-LP

However, after CBS programming moved from WVXF to the cable-only channel TV2, WMNS-LP now provides over-the-air coverage for TV2.


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Allison George

She ran in the sixth and final heat against seven other athletes, including Jamaica's Sherone Simpson and LaVerne Jones-Ferrette of the Virgin Islands, both of whom were heavy favorites in this event.

Atlantic Tele-Network

ATN also operates through its subsidiary companies: Alltel (US), Commnet Wireless, LLC (US), GT&T (Guyana), Sovernet (US), CellularOne in Bermuda, ION Holdco, LLC (US), Islandcom Telecommunications (Turks & Caicos), and Choice Communications (US Virgin Islands).

Beeston Hill

Beeston Hill, United States Virgin Islands, a settlement on the island of Saint Croix in the United States Virgin Islands

Bill Hook

During the preliminary rounds of the 1970 Siegen Olympiad, the Virgin Islands were paired with the USA team and Hook famously faced the legendary Bobby Fischer.

Bim

In 1975 at the United States Virgin Islands Film Festival in St Thomas, Bim won a gold medal special jury award as "a film of unusual merit".

British Virgin Islands company law

Shareholders in a British Virgin Islands company do not enjoy statutory pre-emption rights or rights of first refusal in relation to new issuances or sales of shares.

Bruce McCarty

In the following five years, the firm designed the Mountain View Garages, Broadway Baptist and Westminster Churches, Virgin Islands St. Croix Condominiums, the University of Tennessee Clarence Brown Theatre, and the University of Tennessee Administration Building.

Congressional Black Caucus

Only six black Republicans have been elected to Congress since the caucus was founded: Senator Edward W. Brooke of Massachusetts, Representative Gary Franks of Connecticut, Delegate Melvin H. Evans of the Virgin Islands, Representative J. C. Watts of Oklahoma, Representative Allen West of Florida, and Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina.

Coral World Ocean Park

In the 1990s, world boxing champion Julian Jackson, the third boxer from the Virgin Islands to become a world champion and a big celebrity in St. Thomas, was hired as a worker, to attract more tourists to the site.

Crucian

The form of Virgin Islands Creole, an English-based West Indian dialect, spoken on St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands.

Dead Man's Chest Island

Dead Chest Island, British Virgin Islands (also called Dead Man's Chest Island), in the British Virgin Islands

East Caribbean dollar

The British Virgin Islands were always problematic for currency purposes due to their proximity to the Danish West Indies which became the US Virgin Islands in 1917.

Economy of the British Virgin Islands

Former president of the BVI's Financial Services Commission, Michael Riegels, recites the anecdote that the offshore finance industry commenced on an unknown date in the 1970s when a lawyer from a firm in New York telephoned him with a proposal to incorporate a company in the British Virgin Islands to take advantage of a double taxation relief treaty with the United States.

Geography of the United States Virgin Islands

The U.S. Virgin Islands have many well-known beaches, including Magens Bay (Saint Thomas) and Trunk Bay (Saint John), and coral reefs, including the Virgin Islands Coral Reef National Monument and the Buck Island Reef National Monument.

George Suckling

Suckling's arrival in the Virgin Islands was successfully delayed by the Lieutenant Governor John Nugent, and Suckling did not, in the event, actually arrive in the Territory until January 1778.

Greg Francis

:For the Virgin Islands politician, see Gregory Francis.

Guana Island

Other plant and animal species that have been restored and protected include the red-legged tortoise, the Bridled Quail-dove, the Caribbean flamingo, the White-crowned Pigeon, Eggers' mallow tree, the Virgin Islands euphorb, Hohenberg's ground bromeliad, and a unique bromeliad found nowhere else.

Howard University School of Law

Maria Cabret, Supreme Court of the United States Virgin Islands

International Business Companies Act

The Act was drafted principally by five people: Lewis Hunte, the then Attorney General of the British Virgin Islands; Neville Westwood, Michael Riegels and Richard Peters, who were partners at the law firm, Harneys; and Paul Butler, a partner from the U.S. law firm of Shearman & Sterling.

James Oliver

James Harrison Oliver (1857–1928), American admiral and governor of the United States Virgin Islands

Julio Brady

In 1986, Brady ran for Governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands, this time as a Republican.

Keith Griffiths

Keith Griffith (born 1947), current technical director of the US Virgin Islands soccer team

Law of the British Virgin Islands

The islands were first settled in modern times by the Dutch, but in 1628 the English crown granted patents for the settlement of what is now the British Virgin Islands to Lord Willoughby.

LGBT rights in the British Virgin Islands

However, sexual acts between two consenting adult males in private were expressly decriminalized by an Order in Council in the British Virgin Islands (and other British Caribbean territories) by the British Government pursuant to the Caribbean Territories (Criminal Law) Order, 2000 Sections 3(1) and 3(7).

Michael Riegels

He was admitted to the Bar of England and Wales in 1961 as a member of Gray's Inn, and to the Bar of the British Virgin Islands in 1973.

Morris Fidanque de Castro

During his brief tenure, the United States Virgin Islands was honored by an "unofficial" state visit by Frederick IX of Denmark, then still the Crown Prince, and his wife, Ingrid of Sweden.

Mosquito Island

On old nautical charts of the British Virgin Islands, the island's name is often spelled "Moskito" (possibly as an older spelling of "mosquito" - older versions of the English language did make greater use of etymological spelling).

Necker Island

Necker Island (British Virgin Islands), a private island in the British Virgin Islands owned by Sir Richard Branson.

Negerhollands

Negerhollands emerged around 1700 on the Virgin Islands Saint John, Saint Croix, and especially Saint Thomas, then Danish colonies.

New Herrnhut

New Herrnhut Moravian Church, a Moravian mission in Charlotte Amalie, Virgin Islands

New Vibes

New Vibes is a U.S. Virgin Islands soccer club based in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands that regularly competes in the U.S. Virgin Islands Championship, and has had success in the tournament.

Paul Martin Pearson

On October 19, 1933, the populace of the Virgin Islands voted in a popular referendum whether or not to ask President Franklin D. Roosevelt to withdraw him.

Rancho Rio de los Americanos

and surviving siblings, who resided in and were citizens of St. Croix, Danish West Indies, today's U.S. Virgin Islands.

Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands

A unicameral (single-body) legislature of 15 members, elected by the residents of the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Riegels

Michael Riegels, inaugural chairman of the Financial Services Commission of the British Virgin Islands

Road Town

Road Town is served by the British Virgin Islands' only major airport, Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport (IATA: EIS, ICAO: TUPJ), at Beef Island, within a short drive of the city.

Robert Lovett

Robert Morss Lovett (1870–1956) American educator and writer; acting Governor of the United States Virgin Islands

Rosanna Chichester

Rosana will represent the British Virgin Islands at Miss Universe 2014.

St. Thomas Airport

Cyril E. King Airport on the island of St. Thomas in the United States Virgin Islands

U.S. Virgin Islands at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics

Eddie Lovett was the Virgin Islands' sole athlete, competing in the 110m hurdles.

United States House of Representatives election in the United States Virgin Islands, 2010

The election is part of the 2010 U.S. House of Representatives election and coincides with other local elections in the Virgin Islands, including the 2010 gubernatorial race.

United States Virgin Islands Constitutional Convention election, 2007

If the people of the Virgin Islands do not ratify a constitution, they will continue to be governed by the Revised Organic Act of 1954, which was passed by the United States Congress.

Van Gurp

Alberto van Gurp (born 1990), United States Virgin Islands soccer player

Virgin Islands American

John de Jongh (born 1957), current governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands, former financial executive; born on St. Thomas.

Virgin Islands Coral Reef National Monument

Seeking to provide greater protection to the sensitive coral reef resources, President Clinton established the Virgin Islands Coral Reef National Monument on January 17, 2001.

WBNB

WBNB-TV, a defunct television station (channel 10) formerly licensed to serve Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands

WMNS

WMNS-LP, a low-power television station (channel 22) licensed to Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands

WSTX

WSTX-FM, a radio station broadcasting at 100.3 MHz on the FM band, licensed to Christiansted, U. S. Virgin Islands.

WVGN

WVGN-LD, a low-power television station (channel 19) licensed to serve Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands

WWKS

ABC Radio representatives the station's "commitment to professional broadcasting" and cited "flawless coordination" of two live remote broadcasts of The Tom Joyner Morning Show that originated from the Virgin Islands.