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Virgin Islands , group of about 90 small islands, islets, cays, and rocks in the West Indies , situated some 40 to 50 miles 64 to 80 kilometres east of Puerto Rico. The islands extend from west to east for about 60 miles and are located west of the Anegada Passage , a major channel connecting the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea. Their combined land area is about square miles square kilometres. The former is a British colony consisting of four larger islands— Tortola , Anegada , Virgin Gorda , and Jost Van Dyke —and 32 smaller islands and islets, of which more than 20 are uninhabited. Their total area is 59 square miles, and they lie to the north and east of the U.
The Virgin Islands are located in the Caribbean. The arc of Caribbean islands begins off the coast of Florida and extends all the way to South America. The region includes hundreds of islands and cays.