St. Thomas is the closest of the Virgin Islands to Puerto Rico. It is only about 15 miles east of the Puerto Rican outlying island of Culebra and about 35 miles east of the Island of Puerto Rico.
It is to the southeast of Puerto Rico.
Virgin Island of the Caribbeans
No. The Virgin Islands are east of Puerto Rico.
Puerto Rico is an island in the Caribbean and a territory of the United States, so the closest country to Puerto Rico is the Dominican Republic. It lies to the west of Puerto Rico just across the Mona Strait. The next closest country to Puerto Rico is Great Britain! The British Virgin Islands are to the East of the US Virgin Island which in turn are about 60 miles off Puerto Rico's east coast.
East of the main island of Puerto Rico are the Puerto Rican outlying islands of Culebra and Vieques. To the East of these Puerto Rican Islands is St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands and East of that, St. Johns USVI. To the East of that is Tortola, Norman's Island and Peter's Island British Virgin Island.
The largest island in the West Indies is Cuba.
The island of Puerto Rico.
US Virgin Islands?
The US Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico 'belong to' the US.
Puerto Rico is an island and is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea. The closest country to Puerto Rico is the Dominican Republic about 60 miles west. The St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands is about 30 miles to the East of Puerto Rico.
No, Puerto Rico is an island.Actually Puerto Rico is NOT a continent ; it is an island .