The Virgin Islands are an archipelago in the Caribbean Sea. The islands are divided into two parts, one of which (British Virgin Islands) is a dependent territory of the United Kingdom and the other (U.S. Virgin Islands) is a dependent territory of the United States.

From the CIA World Factbook 2000. Not Wikified.

For details about the British Virgin Islands see

• British colonization of the Americas
• History of the British Virgin Islands
• Geography of the British Virgin Islands
• Demographics of the British Virgin Islands
• Government of the British Virgin Islands
• Economy of the British Virgin Islands
• Communications on the British_Virgin_Islands
• Transportation on the British_Virgin_Islands
• Military of the British Virgin Islands
• Transnational issues of the British Virgin Islands