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Buck Island Reef National Monument. Buck Island Reef National Monument protects Buck Island, a small, uninhabited 176-acre (712,000 m²) island about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north of the northeast coast of Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, and 18,839 acres of submerged lands, totaling 19,015 acres. [ 2] It was first established as a protected area ...
The St. Croix East End Marine Park was established by ACT NO. 6572 Bill NO. 24-0308 which passed the Virgin Islands’ legislature on December 23, 2002, and was adopted January 9, 2003. STXEEMP is St. Croix ’s first and only territorially-designated and managed marine protected area. The mission of the STXEEMP is to promote the responsible ...
Salt River Bay National Historic Park and Ecological Preserve is a unit of the National Park Service on the island of St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands. It preserves upland watersheds, mangrove forests, and estuarine and marine environments that support threatened and endangered species.
Christiansted, St Croix, Virgin Islands Port Authority US Virgin Islands 17°45′9.76″N 64°43′56.71″W / 17.7527111°N 64.7324194°W / 17.7527111; -64.7324194 ( Christiansted, St. Croix (Virgin
Point Udall is at the east end of St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands.It is the easternmost point (by travel, not longitude) of the United States including insular areas.It was named in 1969 for Stewart Udall, United States Secretary of the Interior under Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson.
Great Pond. Great Pond is a 50 ha saline coastal lagoon on the south-eastern shoreline of the island of Saint Croix in the United States Virgin Islands. The pond is part of St Croix East End Marine Park. It the second largest salt pond in the Virgin Islands, [1] and is one of the largest remaining mangrove tracts in St. Croix.
The easternmost point of the United States is Point Udall (U.S. Virgin Islands) on St. Croix. St. Croix, the largest of the U.S. Virgin Islands, lies to the south and has a flatter terrain because of its coral origin. The National Park Service manages more than half of St. John, nearly all of Hassel Island, and many acres of coral reef.
One of the marine ecosystems found in the U.S Virgin Islands are the coral reefs. These coral reefs can be located between the islands of St. Croix, St. Thomas, and St. John. These coral reefs have an area of 297.9 km 2, along with other marine habitats that are in between. [2] The way these coral reefs grow are by coral larvae swimming freely ...