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Virgin Islands

Average temperature, rainfall and snowfall information is available for the following climate stations in Virgin Islands

• CHARLOTTE AMALIE HA
• CHRISTIANSTED HAMIL

 

Official name: United States Virgin Islands
Capital: Charlotte Amalie
Area: total: 352 sq km
water: 3 sq km
land: 349 sq km
Climate: subtropical, tempered by easterly trade winds, relatively low humidity, little seasonal temperature variation; rainy season May to November
Location: Caribbean, islands between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, east of Puerto Rico
Geographic coordinates: 18 20 N, 64 50 W
Comparative Area: twice the size of Washington, DC
Land boundaries: 0 km
Coastline: 188 km
Terrain: mostly hilly to rugged and mountainous with little level land
Elevation extremes: lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Crown Mountain 474 m


Map of Virgin Islands

Map of Virgin Islands

 

 


 

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