Well over a hundred national monuments across the United States and its territories have been established by different presidents under the authority of the Antiquities Act of 1906. Click on the numbers on the map for information about the national monuments.
87. Buck Island Reef
Virgin Islands

Action | Date | President/ Congress | Acres Affected |
Established | 12/28/1961 | J. Kennedy | 850 |
Enlarged | 02/01/1975 | G. Ford | 30 |
Amending Description | 03/28/1975 | G. Ford | n/a |
Enlarged | 01/17/2001 | W. Clinton | 17,255 |
121. Virgin Islands Coral Reef
Virgin Islands

Action | Date | President/ Congress | Acres Affected |
Established | 01/17/2001 | W. Clinton | 12,708 |
124. Northwestern Hawaiian Islands
Hawaii

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Action | Date | President/ Congress | Square Miles Affected |
Established | 06/15/2006 | G. W. Bush | 140,000 |
125. World War II Valor in the Pacific
Hawaii

Action | Date | President/ Congress | Square Acres Affected |
Established (NPS and FWS) | 12/05/2008 | G. W. Bush | 6,310 |
126. Rose Atoll
American Samoa

Action | Date | President/ Congress | Square Miles Affected |
Established (NOAA) | 01/06/2009 | G. W. Bush | 13,451 |
127. Pacific Remote Islands
Hawaii

Action | Date | President/ Congress | Square Miles Affected |
Established (FWS, NOAA) | 01/06/2009 | G. W. Bush | 86,888 |
128. Marianas Trench

Northern Mariana Islands and Guam
Action | Date | President/ Congress | Square Miles Affected |
Established (NOAA) | 01/06/2009 | G. W. Bush | 95,216 |