<Ul> <Li>. vi </Li> </Ul> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Website www.vi.gov </Td> </Tr> <P> The United States Virgin Islands (USVI; also called the American Virgin Islands), officially the Virgin Islands of the United States, is a group of islands in the Caribbean that is an insular area of the United States located 40 miles (64 km) east of Puerto Rico . The islands are geographically part of the Virgin Islands archipelago and are located in the Leeward Islands of the Lesser Antilles . It is the easternmost point (in terms of jurisdiction) and territory of the United States . </P> <P> The U.S. Virgin Islands consist of the main islands of Saint Croix, Saint John, and Saint Thomas, and many other surrounding minor islands . The total land area of the territory is 133.73 square miles (346.36 km). The territory's capital is Charlotte Amalie on the island of Saint Thomas . </P>

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