The US and British Virgin Islands
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The crystal clear waters, white sand beaches, secluded rocky coves and lush green mountains of the Virgin Islands make it one of the last truly unspoiled vacation areas in the world. These are the islands and waters of Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island , rich and colorful in history, coveted and fought over by the British, French, Dutch, Spanish and legions of pirates and swashbucklers for centuries.
The Virgins comprise approximately seventy-five islands, rocks and cays, and are divided into two groups: the US Virgin Islands (USVI, a US territory) to the west, and the British Virgin Islands (BVI, a British Protectorate) to the east. The typical Virgin Islands cruising area extends from St Thomas to the west to Virgin Gorda to the east. The Atlantic Ocean meets the island chain on the north side, and the Caribbean Sea borders the Virgin Islands on the south side. The larger islands within this area are: St Thomas , St John , Tortola , Jost Van Dyke, Norman Island , Cooper Island , Peter Island , and Virgin Gorda. There are many smaller and lesser known islands and cays.
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The Grenadines
The Grenadines are a Caribbean island chain of over 600 islands in the Windward Islands. They are divided between the island nations of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Grenada. Islands of the Grenadines include: Young Island, Bequia, Moonhole Rock, Petite Nevis, Quatre, Bettowia, Baliceaux, Mustique, Petite Mustique, Savan, Petite Canouan, Canouan, Mayreau, The Tobago Cays, Union Island, Petit Saint Vincent, Palm Island, Mopion.
The Tobago Cays are an archipelago comprised of five small uninhabited islands - Petit Rameau, Petit Bateau, Baradol, Petit Tobac and Jamesby - located in the Southern Grenadines. The Tobago Cays are now the key element of the Tobago Cays Marine Park, a national park and wildlife preserve run by the St.Vincent and the Grenadines government. The Tobago Cays Marine Park consists of a 1,400 ha sand-bottom lagoon, which encompasses four uninhabited cays and the 4 km Horseshoe Reef. While the cays are uninhabited, they are surrounded by the three larger inhabited islands of Union Island, Mayreau and Canouan. The most extensive and well-developed coral reef complexes in St.Vincent & the Grenadines occur on shallow shelves around the windward sides of Mayreau and Union Islands and the Cays, themselves. In addition, principal vegetation types include beach vegetation and dry forest. With the exception of a small mangrove in Petit Rameau and salt pond in Mayreau, there are no wetlands in the Cays. Major users of the area include: cruise ships (an estimated 50,000 visitors each year of which 10,000 visit the Cays); yachts (an estimated 3,000 yachts anchor in the lagoon each year); day charters (from nearby hotels); sport divers and snorklers; and fishers.
