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[[File:Great&LittleHansLollik.jpg|thumb|350px|Great and Little Hans Lollik Islands]]
The '''Hans Lollik Islands''' are two privately-owned islands in the [[United States Virgin Islands|USU.S. Virgin Islands]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Our American Tropics |last=Jennings |first=John E. |year=2007 |publisher=READ BOOKS |isbn=978-1-4067-4270-1 |pages=224 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Sqr4sUE1KokC&pg=PA224&dq=%22Hans+Lollik%22+%2B(island+OR+islands) }}</ref> [[Great Hans Lollik Island]] ("GHL") is found approximately 8,000 feet (2½ km) beyond the central northshore of [[Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands|St. Thomas]], [[United States Virgin Islands|USU.S. Virgin Islands]], separated from St. Thomas by the [[Leeward Passage]]. [[Little Hans Lollik]] and [[Pelican Cay]] lie to the north of Hans Lollik on the same shelf. The major part of the [[benthic zone]] around Hans Lollik is rocky and supports a dense diverse [[coral]] habitat.{{Citation needed|date=May 2008}}
The name of the two islands means "Hans from [[Lolland]]" in [[Danish language|Danish]], and is believed to be derived from a sailor who went by that moniker.<ref>https://www.slaegtogdata.dk/forum/index.php?topic=37391.0</ref>
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