<P> The United States Virgin Islands ( USVI ; also called the American Virgin Islands ) , officially the Virgin Islands of the United States , is a group of islands in the Caribbean and an unincorporated and organized territory of the United States . The islands are geographically part of the Virgin Islands archipelago and are located in the Leeward Islands of the Lesser Antilles . </P>
what is the legal status of the us virgin islands
an unincorporated and organized territory of the United States