Buck Island Reef National Monument
Buck Island Reef National Monument, or just Buck Island is 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. It was first established as a protected area by the U.S. Government in 1948, with the intention of preserving “one of the finest marine gardens in the Caribbean Sea.” The U.S. National Monument was created in 1961 by John F. Kennedy and greatly expanded in 2001 by Bill Clinton, over the bitter opposition of local fishermen. Buck Island National Monument is one of few places in the Virgin Islands where endangered brown pelicans and threatened lest terns nest.
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Buck Island Reef National Monument
Buck Island Reef National Monument, or just Buck Island is 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. It was first established as a protected area by the U.S. Government in 1948, with the intention of preserving “one of the finest marine gardens in the Caribbean Sea.” The U.S. National Monument was created in 1961 by John F. Kennedy and greatly expanded in 2001 by Bill Clinton, over the bitter opposition of local fishermen. Buck Island National Monument is one of few places in the Virgin Islands where endangered brown pelicans and threatened lest terns nest.
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Buck Island Reef National Monu ...... upies the one near St. Thomas.
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Das Buck Island Reef [bʌk ˈaɪl ...... Amerikanischen Jungferninseln.
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El Monumento Nacional Arrecife ...... ión de los pescadores locales.
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Le Buck Island Reef National M ...... rine balisée à l'est de l'île.
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Не следует путать с Бак-Айленд ...... 1961 года. Площадь — 3,6 км².
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على ان لا تخلط مع جزيرة باك ال ...... فطرية تقعبالقرب من سانت توماس.
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1961-12-28
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A map of the US Virgin Islands showing the location of Buck Island Reef National Monument
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Location of Buck Island Reef National Monument in the US Virgin Islands
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A photo of corals on the reef
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Buck Island Reef National Monu ...... nd threatened lest terns nest.
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Das Buck Island Reef [bʌk ˈaɪl ...... Amerikanischen Jungferninseln.
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El Monumento Nacional Arrecife ...... ión de los pescadores locales.
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Le Buck Island Reef National M ...... ne grande variété de poissons.
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Не следует путать с Бак-Айленд ...... 1961 года. Площадь — 3,6 км².
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على ان لا تخلط مع جزيرة باك ال ...... اض وهددت لئلا خطاف البحر العش.
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Buck Island Reef National Monument
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Buck Island Reef National Monument
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Buck Island Reef
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Isla Buck
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Бак-Айленд-Риф
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جزيرة باك ريف النصب التذكاري الوطني
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Buck Island Reef National Monument
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