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65°W Little Hans Lollik 64°50'W Outer Brass Hans Lollik British United States Virgin Islands Virgin Islands Inner Brass Tortola SAINT THOMAS Congo Cay SAINT Salt Cay Magens Bay Thatch Cay Francis Bay West Cay Grass Cay Crown Mts JOHN 436m# Lovango Cay ! Mingo Cay Hawk Hill Cancel Bay Coral Bay Wintberg Peak 417m ! Cyril E. King Charlotte Amalie 283m o P! Airport Cruz Bay Virgin Islands Coral Bay Jersey Bay Pillsbury Sound ! Brewers Bay National Park# 18°20'N Camelberg Peak Bordeaux Mts Cruz Bay 332m 377m Hassel Reef Bay Water Great St. James Little St. James Dog U.S. Virgin CARIBBEAN SEA 0 5 Km Islands 0 3 Mi 65°W 64°50'W 64°40'W 65°W 60°W 64°50'W 64°40'W Salt River Bay The boundaries and names shown and the designations used on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations. Cane Bay 20°N 20°N SAINT CROIX Beauregard Bay Chenay Bay Annaly Bay Christiansted Harbor Puerto Rico British Virgin Islands Hams Bay Bodkin Hill ! Prune Bay ! Taque Bay Moronberg 288m Cottongarden Bay Butler Bay 275m # Mount Eagle ANTIGUA AND ! 334m US Virgin Islands Rose Hill BARBUDA 234m u" Montserrat Christiansted Grapetree Bay # Guadeloupe Mount McWillan Blue Mountain 236m # DOMINICA 326m Pinham Bay 15°N 15°N Martinique Frederiksted Henry E. Rohlsen !P o Territorial capital SAINT LUCIA Airport West End Bay Great Pond Bay Canegarden Bay Spring Bay Town, village o Kings Bay Limetree Bay Major airport 0 250 500 Km Breids Bay Main Road Long Point Bay 0 150 300 Mi 17°40'N CARIBBEAN SEA 0 5 Km 17°40'N 10°N 10°N 0 3 Mi 65°W VENEZUELA 60°W 64°50'W 64°40'W Map No. 2946 Rev. 2 UNITED NATIONS Department of Field Support June 2017 Geospatial Information Section (formerly Cartographic Section).

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