Buck Island
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Area | 3561 |
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Locations | Virgin Islands |
United States | |
Established | December 28, 1961 |
Visitors | 30,436 (in 2012) |
Management | National Park Service |
Island groups | Lesser Antilles |
United States Virgin Islands | |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 2068599 |
About Buck Island
Buck Island Reef National Monument, or just Buck Island is a small, uninhabited, 176 acre island about 1. 5 miles north of the northeast coast of Saint Croix, U. S. Virgin Islands. The monument also includes 18,839 acres of submerged lands totaling 19,015 acres. It was first established as a protected area by the U. S.