What two countries claim the virgin islands in the caribbean sea?
Christopher Columbus named the islands after Saint Ursula and the 11,000 Virgins (), shortened to the Virgins (). The official name of the British territory is the Virgin Islands, and the official name of the U.S. territory is the Virgin Islands of the United States. In practice, the two island groups are almost universally referred to as the British Virgin Islands and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
What two countries claim parts of the virgin islands in the caribbean sea?
United States United States and Great Britain Great Britain
Virgin Islands
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What country claims the British virgin islands in the caribbean sea?
Great Britain
Like Puerto Rico, the virgin islands that belonged to Spain were ceded to the United States in 1898. This country took possession of the islands after the signing of the armistice that put an end to military operations in the U.S.-Spanish war.
What country claims the United States virgin islands in the caribbean sea?
United States
Virgin Islands
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What country claims the Spanish virgin islands in the caribbean sea?
United States
Virgin Islands
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin%20Islands
The Virgin Islands (Spanish: Islas Vírgenes) are an archipelago in the Caribbean Sea. They are geologically and biogeographically the easternmost part of the Greater Antilles,[1] the northern islands belonging to the Puerto Rico Trench and St. Croix being a displaced part of the same geologic structure. Politically, the British Virgin Islands have been governed as the western island group of the Leeward Islands, which are the northern part of the Lesser Antilles, and form the border between the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. The archipelago is separated from the true Lesser Antilles by the Anegada Passage and from the main island of Puerto Rico by the Virgin Passage.
Virgin Islands
The islands fall into three different political jurisdictions
Virgin Islands
The Virgin Islands are an archipelago in the Caribbean Sea that falls into three political jurisdictions. The Spanish Virgin Islands, ceded from Spain to the United States in 1898, and the United States Virgin Islands are both claimed by the United States, while the British Virgin Islands are claimed by Great Britain.