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The Virgin Islands Coral Reef National Monument is a U.S. National Monument located off of Saint John, U.S. Virgin Islands. A U.S. National Monument is a protected area of the United States that is similar to a national park (specifically a U.S. National Park) except that the President of the United States can quickly declare an area of the United States to be a national monument without Congressional...
Saint John is the smallest of the three main United States Virgin Islands (USVI), a United States territory. ...
The clear waters surrounding Saint John support a diverse and complex system of coral reefs. The health of these reefs is closely tied to its component plants and animals as well as adjacent non-coral marine environments such as sandy bottoms, seagrass beds, and mangrove forests. Part of a coral reef. ...
Above and below water view at the edge of the mangal Mangrove are woody trees or shrubs that grow in coastal habitats or mangal (Hogarth, 1999), for which the term mangrove swamp also would apply. ...
Seeking to provide greater protection to the sensitive coral reef resources, President Clinton established the Virgin Islands Coral Reef National Monument on January 17, 2001. The monument includes 12,708 acres of federal submerged lands within the 3-mile belt off of Saint John, including Hurricane Hole and areas north and south of Saint John. Order: 42nd President Vice President: Al Gore Term of office: January 20, 1993 – January 20, 2001 Preceded by: George H. W. Bush Succeeded by: George W. Bush Date of birth: August 19, 1946 Place of birth: Hope, Arkansas First Lady: Hillary Rodham Clinton Political party: Democratic William Jefferson Clinton (born...
January 17 is the 17th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Established in 1980, Virgin Islands National Park is a United States National Park covering approximately 60% of the island of St. ...
External link - National Park Service site
 | Territory of the Virgin Islands of the United States
Geography | Economy | Demographics | Communications | Transportation | Flag of the United States Virgin Islands Ratio 2:3 482 × 302 pixels 9340 bytes File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
Population: 120,917 (July 2000 est. ...
Telephones - main lines in use: 58,000 (1995) Telephones - mobile cellular: 2,000 (1992) Telephone system: domestic: modern, uses fiber-optic cable and microwave radio relay international: submarine cable and satellite communications; satellite earth stations - NA Radio broadcast stations: AM 5, FM 11, shortwave 0 (1998) Radios: 107,000 (1997...
| | Government: | Politics | Governors | Congressional Delegates | Senators | Elections Country name: conventional long form: Virgin Islands of the United States conventional short form: Virgin Islands former: Danish West Indies Data code: VQ Dependency status: organized, unincorporated territory of the US with policy relations between the Virgin Islands and the US under the jurisdiction of the Office of Insular Affairs...
List of U.S. Virgin Islands Governors 1917 - 1917 Edwin Taylor Pollock 1917 - 1919 James Harrison Oliver 1919 - 1921 Joseph Wallace Oman 1921 - 1922 Sumner Ely Wetmore Kittelle 1922 - 1923 Henry Hughes Hough 1923 - 1925 Philip Williams 1925 - 1927 Martin Edwin Trench 1927 - 1931 Waldo A. Evans 1931 - 1935 Paul...
Delegates of the U.S. Virgin Islands to the U.S. Congress Categories: U.S. Virgin Islands ...
26th Legislature of the U.S. Virgin Islands (2005-2006) Senator At-Large (Saint John) Craig W. Barshinger (Democratic Party) Saint Croix Senators Norman Jn Baptiste (Senate Vice President) Pedro Pete Encarnacion (Democratic Party) Neville James (Democratic Party) Terrence Positive Nelson (ICM) Usie Raymond Richards (ICM) Ronald E. Russell (Democratic...
Elections in the U.S. Virgin Islands gives information on election and election results in the U.S. Virgin Islands. ...
| | State Capital: | Charlotte Amalie Charlotte Amalie is the capital of the U.S. Virgin Islands, a territory of the United States of America. ...
| | Small Cities: | Charlotte Amalie | Christiansted | Frederisksted Charlotte Amalie is the capital of the U.S. Virgin Islands, a territory of the United States of America. ...
Christiansted is a town on St. ...
Frederiksted is a city on the west end of the U.S. Virgin Island of St. ...
| | Islands: | Saint Croix | Saint John | Saint Thomas | Water Island | Other A separate article treats the several rivers known as the St. ...
Saint John is the smallest of the three main United States Virgin Islands (USVI), a United States territory. ...
Saint Thomas is an island in the Caribbean Sea and a constituent of the United States Virgin Islands (USVI). ...
Water Island is the fourth and most recent main island in the U.S. Virgin Islands, a United States territory located in the Caribbean Sea. ...
The United States Virgin Islands is a group of islands in the Caribbean. ...
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