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Contents. Fountain Valley massacre. The Fountain Valley massacre was a mass shooting that occurred on the afternoon of 6 September 1972 at the Fountain Valley Golf Course in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. [ 1 ] The incident left eight resort employees and tourists dead. Another eight were either shot at or wounded.
Saint Croix lies at 17°45′N 64°45′W. The United States' easternmost point in the western hemisphere is St. Croix's Point Udall. The island has an area of 214.66 km 2 (82.88 sq mi). The terrain is rugged, though not extremely so. The island's highest point, Mount Eagle, is 1,165 feet (355 m) high.
The Buccaneer, formally known as The Buccaneer Beach & Golf Resort, is a luxury historic hotel and beach resort about 3 miles (4.8 km) northeast of Christiansted, on the island of Saint Croix, U. S. Virgin Islands, beyond Altona Lagoon. [ 1] Set in 240 acres with an 18-hole golf course and three private beaches, it was opened by the Armstrong ...
St. Thomas Harbor, 2015. The United States Virgin Islands, often abbreviated USVI, are a group of islands and cays located in the Lesser Antilles of the Eastern Caribbean, consisting of three main islands (Saint Croix, Saint John, and Saint Thomas) and fifty smaller islets and cays. [1] Like many of their Caribbean neighbors, the history of the ...
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.
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.
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.
Population. (2020) [citation needed] • Total. 1,866. ZIP code (s) 00820–00824. Christiansted is the largest town on Saint Croix, one of the main islands composing the United States Virgin Islands, a territory of the United States of America. The town is named after King Christian VI of Denmark.