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Virgin Islands: U.S. Virgin Islands
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Time Zone -- The Virgin Islands are on Atlantic Standard Time, which is 1 hour ahead of Eastern Standard Time. However, the islands do not observe daylight saving time, so in the summer, the Virgin Islands and the East Coast of the U.S. are on the same time. In winter, when it's 6am in Charlotte Amalie, it's 5am in Miami; during daylight saving time it's 6am in both places.
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The U.S. Virgin Islands are a fast, worry-free Caribbean fix: An American territory, they're English-speaking, use the U.S. dollar, and offer a lot of choice in terms of what to do and where to stay and eat. The Virgin Island archipelago encompasses the three U.S. Virgins—St. Croix, St. John, and St. Thomas—and a number of smaller islands that lie south and west of the British Virgins.
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A prominent figure in the Virgin Islands for 30 years, Dr. Cora L. Christian, MPH, has the distinction of being the first native female of the U.S. Virgin Islands to become a medical doctor. As a board certified practicing family physician, she now serves as the medical director of USVI Health Care Quality Improvement and is chief medical consultant to Hovensa, L.L.C., a leading USVI refiner.
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Visas -- Visitors to the U.S. Virgin Islands from other nations should have a U.S. visa; those visitors may ... be asked to produce an onward ticket. In the British Virgin Islands, visitors who stay for less than 6 months don't need a visa if they possess a return or onward ticket. For information about U.S. visas go to [H]ttp://travel.state.gov and click on "Visas." Or go to one of the following websites:
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The U.S. Virgin Islands are located in the Lesser Antilles of the Caribbean between the Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea. They are comprised of approximately 50 islands and cays, the largest of which are St. Croix, St. John and St. Thomas. The "Fourth Virgin Island" is Water Island, the newest Virgin Island. Average temperatures here range from 77º F in the winter and 82º F in the summer. Christopher Columbus discovered the islands on his second voyage to the New World, landing on St. Croix in 1493, and Denmark purchased the islands in 1733. In 1917 the U.S. purchased St. Croix, St. John, and St. Thomas from Denmark for $25 million in gold.
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It may surprise most of the first time visitors to the United States Virgin Islands that driving in this American territory is on the left. It is not British influence as many may think. The islands that are today under U. S. flag were Danish dependency not more that 100 year ago. Denmark like all other countries in Europe in 18th century drove on the left. It converted to driving on the right in 1793, but the colony kept the old way of driving. When the United States purchased Danish West Indies at the outbreak of WWI the name was changed to U.S. Virgin Islands, but driving side remained the same, on the left.
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