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The Virgin Islands National Park is a national park of the United States preserving about 60% of the land area of Saint John, U.S. Virgin Islands, as well as more than 5,500 acres (2,226 ha; 9 sq mi) of adjacent ocean, and nearly all of Hassel Island, just off the Charlotte Amalie, Saint Thomas harbor.
The coral reefs of the U.S. Virgin Islands suffered severely from coral bleaching in 2005, which led to a 60% decline in coral activity. The USGS began extensive research in the area and scientists discovered previously unknown coral ecosystems at the submerged stems of mangrove trees in the Hurricane Hole area of the National Monument.
The best remaining stands of mangrove in the Virgin Islands. 6: Vagthus Point: 1980: St. Croix: private The best-known locality for Upper Cretaceous fossils in the Virgin Islands. 7: West End Cays: 1980: St. Thomas: territorial One of the few nesting sites for species such as the blue-faced booby and the Bahama duck and the brown pelican.
The following are approximate tallies of current listings in the United States Virgin Islands on the National Register of Historic Places. These counts are based on entries in the National Register Information Database as of April 24, 2008 [2] and new weekly listings posted since then on the National Register of Historic Places web site. [3]
National Register of Historic Places in Virgin Islands National Park (16 P) Pages in category "Virgin Islands National Park" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total.
The land is the site of a sugar factory. The property was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places on July 23, 1981. [1] The historic district is part of Virgin Islands National Park. The park maintains an exhibit of a well-preserved sugar factory. [2]
The resort is within Virgin Islands National Park, on property once owned by Laurance Rockefeller, and operates under a unique agreement with the US National Park Service. The RUE (retained use estate) agreement (which Rockefeller himself drafted language for) enables the resort to operate with a unique tax-free, rent-free status since 2004.
Cinnamon Bay Plantation is an approximately 300-acre (1.2 km 2) property situated on the north central coast of Saint John in the United States Virgin Islands adjacent to Cinnamon Bay. [2] The land, part of Virgin Islands National Park , was added to the United States National Register of Historic Places on July 11, 1978. [ 1 ]