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Hassel Island, part of the U.S. Virgin Islands National Park, in the harbor of Charlotte Amalie, capital of the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Isla de Hassel, un parte de las Islas Vírgenes estadounidenses, en el puerto de Charlotte Amalie, capital de las Islas Vírgenes estadounidenses.


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Hassel Island, U.S. Virgin Islands

Hassel Island (also sometimes Hassell Island) is a small island of the U.S. Virgin Islands, a United States territory located in the Caribbean Sea. Hassel Island lies in the Charlotte Amalie harbor just south of Saint Thomas and east of Water Island.

The roughly 136 acre (550,000 m²) island was once a peninsula of Saint Thomas, known as Orkanhullet (Hurricane Hole). Hassel Island was separated by the Danish government in 1860, and named for the Hazzel family who owned much of the estate.