(place) Group of islands of the Leeward group in the West Indies, east of Puerto Rico, comprising the British Virgin Islands, easternmost islands of this group, constituting a British territory (58 sq mi, 151 sq km), & the Virgin Islands of the United States, the islands of this group closest to Puerto Rico, constituting a territory of the U.S. (134 sq mi, 347 sq km; cap. Charlotte Amalie: abbrev. VI)