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The Map shows a city map of Charlotte Amalie with main roads and streets. Thomas Synagogue (a historic synagogue) and the Weibel Museum (300 years of Jewish history), the Frederick Lutheran Church (historic church, it was the official church of the Danish West Indies). The city is known for its Danish colonial architecture and its mixture of American- and Afro-Caribbean culture, tourist attractions are Blackbeard's Castle (a tower and vantage point), Fort Christian (a 17th-century Danish-built fort), Coral World Ocean Park (marine park), the Legislature Building, the 99 steps stairway, the Emancipation Garden, the Market Square, the Seven Arches Museum, St. Since the end of the Second World War, tourism has been by far the most important economic sector in the Virgin Islands. It is one of the busiest cruise ports in the Caribbean with 2 million passengers per year. Havensight, the deep-water harbor, is a major port of call (a premier stop) for cruise ships. The town is located on the island of Saint Thomas, the gateway island of the U.S. Today Charlotte Amalie has a population of only about 19,000 citizens. In 1691 the town was named after Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel, the wife of King Christian V of Denmark. The city was founded in 1666 as Taphus (meaning "beer house"). Thomas, US Virgin Islands, view from Lookout Point on Skyline Drive. Satellite view is showing Charlotte Amalie, the territorialĬapital and and largest city of the US Virgin Islands, a group of tropical islands and islets in the Caribbean.Ĭharlotte Amalie, St. Saint Thomas Harbor in Charlotte Amalie at night. _ Satellite View and Map of the City of Charlotte Amalie, US Virgin Islands Home Earth Continents The Americas US Virgin Islands Country Profile Google Earth Charlotte Amalie Map