Talk:Virgin Islands

Organization

As things are currently organized the pages for the BVI and USVI include only the list of links to the standard list of topics about countries, and could now be deleted. Similarly there is a series of orphans for each of these topics as "Virgin Islands/...". They do nothing more than link to the corresponding topics at BVI and USVI. They too could be deleted. It seems to me that by putting all the links on this page we could eliminate two alternate intermediate systems of linkage Eclecticology, Sunday, April 28, 2002

Spanish Virgin Islands?

I have heard Puerto Ricans refer to their eastern islands (main ones being Culebra and Vieques) as being the "Spanish Virgin Islands." Is this a proper term, and if so, should that group be added here? — Eoghanacht ^talk 13:03, 29 September 2005 (UTC),

Because Culebra and Vieques are geologically part of the archipelago, there should be a map that includes them. The current map excludes them on a political basis, but geologically should be included as part of the "archipelago," as the articles for the USVI and the BVI and the "Spanish Virgin Islands" already account for the political divisions. -Laikalynx (talk) 03:20, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

The Capital City of the U.S. Virgin Islands is Charlotte Amalie. Charlotte Amalie. The harbor is also named Charlotte Amalie and is the most popular port in the Caribbean.Valpotim (talk) 03:06, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

virgin Islands population

98,893 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.201.24.34 (talk) 01:12, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

Last paragraph seems inappropriate for encyclopedia.

Particularly starting from "Read more about this...". And first sentence ("Should not be confused...") - if it is needed - could be made a part of respective paragraph where Britich Virgin Islands are introduced. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jaborandi (talk • contribs) 11:23, 5 January 2011 (UTC)

These words have been single words in the English language for a long, long, time

These words have been single words in the English language for a long, long, time:

northeastern, southeasterm, southwesterm, and northwestern,

and this has been recognized by such authorities in the Western Hemisphere as

The Congress of the United States (as early as 1787, if not earlier),

and the Parliament of Canada, nearly a century ago.

The Congress under the Articles of Confederation passed the Northwest Ordinance, establishing the Northwest Territory in 1787.

The Parliament of Canada made this name for part of that country official a long lime ago: the Northwest Territories. That name still exists, even though its original land has been divided between the Northwest Territories and Nunavut. 98.81.9.116 (talk) 00:03, 18 February 2011 (UTC)