List of governors of the Danish West Indies

St. John (St. Jan) was claimed by Danish West India Company in 1683, which was disputed by the British until 1718.

St. Croix was bought from French West India Company in 1733.

Hereafter, St. Croix was governed by the Governors-General of the Danish West Indies.

The Danish West Indies were sold by Denmark to the United States on 12 December 1916.

The administration was officially turned over on 31 March 1917, and the first US governor was Navy Captain Edwin Taylor Pollock.

Map of the Danish West Indies, in Danish language .
Satellite image of the U.S. Virgin Islands , taken by NASA 's satellite Landsat 7 .
A 1976 political map of U.S. and British Virgin Islands , produced by the CIA .
Map of Spanish ( green ), U.S. ( red ) and British ( blue ) Virgin Islands.