U.S. Virgin Islands · VI
Charlotte Amalie
The old Danish free port, now a cruise harbor.
- Population
- 8,194 (2020 census)
- Renamed
- 1691
- Bought by US
- 1917
Then
- 1666
The town is founded as Taphus, Danish for tap house.
- 1672
Denmark begins building Fort Christian.
- 1691
It is renamed for the wife of King Christian V.
- 1764
Frederick V declares a free port, and it becomes the busiest harbor in the Caribbean.
- 1917
The US buys the islands from Denmark.
Now
About 1.5 million cruise passengers arrive a year. This place covers St. Thomas, from Botany Bay to Red Hook.
14 tide stations around Charlotte Amalie
- Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas Island0.8 mi
- Crown Bay, St. Thomas1.5 mi
- Magens Bay, St. Thomas1.8 mi
- Dorothea Bay, Saint Thomas Island3.0 mi
- Water Bay4.4 mi
- Jersey Bay, St. Thomas5.0 mi
- Pavillion Point, St. Thomas5.1 mi
- Redhook Bay, St. Thomas Island5.3 mi
- Botany Bay, St. Thomas Island7.0 mi
- Cruz Bay, St. John9.0 mi
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- Hawksnest Beach, St. John10.1 mi
- Fish Bay, St. John11.2 mi
- Johns Folly Bay, St. John Island15.1 mi
- Haulover Bay, St. Johns16.5 mi