A group of about 100 small islands (14 inhabited) in the West Indies, east of Puerto Rico. Consists of the British Virgin Islands in the east and the Virgin Islands of the United States in the west and south. Discovered in 1493 by Columbus.
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497 sq.km (British Virgin Islands: 153 sq.km; Virgin Islands of the United States: 344 sq.km)