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Buck Island Reef National Monument
Nature & Science
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Did You Know?
Six thousand feet long and a half mile wide, uninhabited Buck Island rises 328 feet above sea level 1.5 miles north of St. Croix. It is made up of sedimentary rock layers deposited in deep water approximately 60 million years ago then pushed up and tilted.
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Last Updated: July 24, 2006 at 22:37 EST |