St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands

E415350

Caribbean island constituent district of the United States Virgin Islands island

St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands is a major Caribbean island known for its bustling port city of Charlotte Amalie, popular cruise ship harbor, and scenic beaches.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
St. Thomas	17
Saint Thomas	12
Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands	12
St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands canonical	4
Saint Thomas, United States Virgin Islands	3
Red Hook, Saint Thomas	1
Saint Thomas–Saint Croix	1
island of St. Thomas	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4037051 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
Context triple: [St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands, neighboringIsland, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands]

A. St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands
St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands is a small, largely protected Caribbean island known for its pristine beaches, lush national parklands, and vibrant coral reef ecosystems.
B. Tortola
Tortola is the largest and most populous of the British Virgin Islands in the Caribbean, known for its rugged hills, white-sand beaches, and role as the territory’s commercial and administrative center.
C. U.S. Virgin Islands
The U.S. Virgin Islands is a Caribbean archipelago and unincorporated U.S. territory known for its tropical beaches, tourism, and strategic location.
D. Virgin Islands
The Virgin Islands are a group of Caribbean islands known for their tropical beaches, tourism, and political division between the United States and the United Kingdom.
E. Turks and Caicos Islands
The Turks and Caicos Islands is a British Overseas Territory in the Atlantic Ocean known for its luxury tourism, coral reefs, and pristine white-sand beaches.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
Target entity description: St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands is a major Caribbean island known for its bustling port city of Charlotte Amalie, popular cruise ship harbor, and scenic beaches.

A. St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands
St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands is a small, largely protected Caribbean island known for its pristine beaches, lush national parklands, and vibrant coral reef ecosystems.
B. Tortola
Tortola is the largest and most populous of the British Virgin Islands in the Caribbean, known for its rugged hills, white-sand beaches, and role as the territory’s commercial and administrative center.
C. U.S. Virgin Islands
The U.S. Virgin Islands is a Caribbean archipelago and unincorporated U.S. territory known for its tropical beaches, tourism, and strategic location.
D. Virgin Islands
The Virgin Islands are a group of Caribbean islands known for their tropical beaches, tourism, and political division between the United States and the United Kingdom.
E. Turks and Caicos Islands
The Turks and Caicos Islands is a British Overseas Territory in the Atlantic Ocean known for its luxury tourism, coral reefs, and pristine white-sand beaches.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Caribbean island ⓘ constituent district of the United States Virgin Islands ⓘ island ⓘ
airportIATA	STT ⓘ
archipelago	Virgin Islands ⓘ
areaSquareKilometers	about 80 ⓘ
areaSquareMiles	about 31 ⓘ
beach	Coki Beach ⓘ Lindquist Beach ⓘ Magens Bay ⓘ Sapphire Beach ⓘ
callingCode	+1-340 ⓘ
capitalCity	Charlotte Amalie ⓘ
climate	tropical savanna climate ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
currency	United States dollar ⓘ linked to: US dollar
drivesOn	right ⓘ
formerName	Danish West Indies (as part of) ⓘ linked to: U.S. Virgin Islands
hasAirport	Cyril E. King Airport ⓘ
highestElevationMeters	about 474 ⓘ
highestPoint	Crown Mountain ⓘ
historicalColonialPower	Denmark–Norway ⓘ
judicialBody	District Court of the Virgin Islands ⓘ
knownFor	cruise ship tourism ⓘ duty-free shopping ⓘ historic Danish colonial architecture ⓘ scenic beaches ⓘ
largestCity	Charlotte Amalie ⓘ
legislativeBody	Legislature of the Virgin Islands ⓘ
locatedIn	Caribbean Sea ⓘ Lesser Antilles ⓘ West Indies ⓘ
mainEconomicSector	retail trade ⓘ services ⓘ tourism ⓘ
majorCity	Charlotte Amalie ⓘ
majorPort	Charlotte Amalie Harbor ⓘ
neighboringIsland	St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands ⓘ linked to: Saint Croix St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands ⓘ Water Island ⓘ
officialLanguage	English ⓘ
politicalStatus	unincorporated territory of the United States ⓘ
purchasedFrom	Kingdom of Denmark ⓘ linked to: Denmark
religionMajority	Christianity ⓘ
sovereignState	United States of America ⓘ
territory	United States Virgin Islands ⓘ linked to: U.S. Virgin Islands
timeZone	Atlantic Standard Time ⓘ linked to: Atlantic Time Zone
transferToUnitedStatesYear	1917 ⓘ
utcOffset	UTC−4 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited