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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 ...
Wreck of the Ten Sail. Wreck of the Ten Sail is a historic shipwreck event that occurred off the East End of Grand Cayman on 8 February 1794. Ten ships that were part of a convoy on its way from Jamaica to the United States and Britain wrecked on the surrounding reef. While local residents braved the stormy waters and successfully rescued the ...
Salt River Canyon is a prehistoric river and waterfall having cut two deep walls facing each other across a quarter mile of blue water. The feature is one of the best known of St. Croix's dive features, along with the Frederiksted Pier. The most popular scuba diving locations are a few hundred yards outside the Salt River Bay.
224.6/km 2 (581.7/sq mi) Grand Cayman is the largest of the three Cayman Islands and the location of the territory's capital, George Town. In relation to the other two Cayman Islands, it is approximately 75 miles (121 km) southwest of Little Cayman and 90 miles (145 km) southwest of Cayman Brac. Location of Grand Cayman (circled), south of Cuba ...
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.
East End, Cayman Islands. / 19.297494; -81.109486. East End is a town and one of the five districts of the Cayman Islands. [3] Located on south-east coast of Grand Cayman, in 2021 it had a population of 1,846. [2]
3 m (10 ft) Population. (2022) [2] • Total. 40,957 [1] Area code. +1-345. George Town is the capital and largest city in the Cayman Islands, located on Grand Cayman. As of 2022, the city had a population of 40,957, [1] making it the largest city (by population) of all the British Overseas Territories.
1937 (current tower) Focal height. 22 metres (72 ft) Range. 12 nautical miles (22 km; 14 mi) [3] Characteristic. Fl (2) W 20s. The East End Light (sometimes called Gorling Bluff Light) is a lighthouse located at the east end of Grand Cayman island in the Cayman Islands. The lighthouse is the centerpiece of East End Lighthouse Park, managed by ...