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Encyclopedia > Cruz Bay, United States Virgin Islands

Cruz Bay is the main town on the island of Saint John in the United States Virgin Islands. According to the 2000 Census, Cruz Bay has a population of 2,743 people. Saint John is the smallest of the three main United States Virgin Islands (USVI), a United States territory. ... 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


Cruz Bay, located on the west coast of Saint John, is the island's largest commercial center and the location of the main port on Saint John. The primary access to Saint John is through Cruz Bay Harbor. Frequent barge and ferry, including car ferry, service connects Saint John to the neighboring more-developed island of Saint Thomas. Ferries also run regularly between Cruz Bay and Tortola, Virgin Gorda, and Jost Van Dyke in the British Virgin Islands. The ferryboat Dongan Hills, filled with commuters, about to dock at a New York City pier, ca. ... Saint Thomas is an island in the Caribbean Sea and a constituent of the United States Virgin Islands (USVI). ... Tortola is the largest and most populated of the British Virgin Islands, a group of islands which form part of the archipelago of the Virgin Islands. ... Virgin Gorda is the second-largest of the British Virgin Islands Virgin Gorda is the third-largest of the British Virgin Islands. ... At roughly 8 square kilometers, 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. ...


Cruz Bay is home to numerous shops and restaurants which are frequented by tourists and locals alike. The Virgin Islands National Park Visitor Center, the Elaine Sprauve Library, a post office, and a bank are also located in Cruz Bay. A tourist boat travels the River Seine in Paris, France Tourism can be defined as the act of travel for the purpose of recreation, and the provision of services for this act. ... Established in 1980, Virgin Islands National Park is a United States National Park covering approximately 60% of the island of Saint John in the U.S. Virgin Islands. ...


External links

Government

  • St. John: US Virgin Islands - Official site for United States Virgin Islands Department of Tourism
  • Virgin Islands: American Paradise - Official site for National Park Service, US Department of the Interior
  • Reef Fishes of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands - Official site for US Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division

Official tourism guides

  • Cruz Bay Visitor Center - Official site
  • US Virgin Islands Tourism Association - Official site

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