Capella Island

{{Short description|Uninhabited island in the US Virgin Islands}}

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| country_admin_divisions_1 = U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

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| country_leader_name = Joseph Biden

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Capella Island is a 230-acre (0.93 km²) uninhabited island and diving spot{{cite book |last1=Jackson |first1=Jack |title=Dive Atlas of the World: An Illustrated Reference to the Best Sites |date=10 January 2017 |publisher=Fox Chapel Publishing |isbn=978-1-60765-362-2 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=s_6ZDwAAQBAJ |access-date=24 February 2024 |language=en |chapter=The United States Virgin Islands}} that is owned by the United States Virgin Islands. It is located about 2 miles (4 km) south of the island of St. Thomas. It is adjacent to Buck Island, home of Buck Island National Wildlife Refuge, about twice the size of Capella. The two islands are separated by a minor channel.{{cite book |title=United States Coast Pilot, West Indies: Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands |date=1939 |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |page=186-187 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Sd2rk4sLaisC |access-date=24 February 2024 |language=en}} Together Capella, Buck, and associated islets are sometimes referred to as the Capella Islands.{{citation needed|date=April 2023}}