General Features Virginia is bordered by Maryland and Washington DC to the north and east, Atlantic Ocean to the east, North Carolina and Tennessee to the south, Kentucky to the west and West Virginia to the north and west.
Virginia, one of the southern states of the United States. It fronts on Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic Ocean, and is bordered by Maryland, the District of Columbia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, and West Virginia. Virginia is roughly triangular in shape and ranks 35th in size in the nation.