List of National Natural Landmarks in Virgin Islands

From List of National Natural Landmarks, these are the National Natural Landmark

National Natural Landmark

The National Natural Landmark program recognizes and encourages the conservation of outstanding examples of the natural history of the United States. It is the only natural areas program of national scope that identifies and recognizes the best examples of biological and geological features in...

s in Virgin Islands

Virgin Islands

The Virgin Islands are the western island group of the Leeward Islands, which are the northern part of the Lesser Antilles, which form the border between the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean...

. There are 7 in total.

	Name	District	Description
1	Coki Point Cliffs	St. Thomas Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands Saint Thomas is an island in the Caribbean Sea and with the islands of Saint John, Saint Croix, and Water Island a county and constituent district of the United States Virgin Islands , an unincorporated territory of the United States. Located on the island is the territorial capital and port of...	One of the rare localities on St. Thomas Island where fossils are found.
2	Green Cay National Wildlife Refuge Green Cay National Wildlife Refuge Green Cay National Wildlife Refuge, just north of Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, preserves habitat for the largest remaining population of endangered Saint Croix ground lizard . Much smaller populations of ground lizard live on nearby Protestant Cay and on Ruth Island. Its extirpation from the...	St. Croix	Nesting ground for the American oyster catcher, brown pelican and other shore birds.
3	Lagoon Point Lagoon Point Lagoon Point is a point lying east of the entrance to Little Jason Lagoon in Jason Harbor, on the north coast of South Georgia. It was charted by DI in 1929 and called Bluff Point; the name was amended to Lagoon Point as published on a 1930 British Admiralty chart....	Saint John Saint John, U.S. Virgin Islands Saint John is an island in the Caribbean Sea and a constituent district of the United States Virgin Islands , an unincorporated territory of the United States. St...	An excellent example of a Caribbean fringing reef
4	Sandy Point	St. Croix	Regularly used for nesting by the endangered leatherback sea turtle.
5	Salt River Bay	St. Croix	The best remaining stands of mangrove in the Virgin Islands.
6	Vagthus Point	St. Croix	The best-known locality for Upper Cretaceous Cretaceous The Cretaceous , derived from the Latin "creta" , usually abbreviated K for its German translation Kreide , is a geologic period and system from circa to million years ago. In the geologic timescale, the Cretaceous follows the Jurassic period and is followed by the Paleogene period of the... fossils in the Virgin Islands.
7	West End Cays	St. Thomas Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands Saint Thomas is an island in the Caribbean Sea and with the islands of Saint John, Saint Croix, and Water Island a county and constituent district of the United States Virgin Islands , an unincorporated territory of the United States. Located on the island is the territorial capital and port of...	One of the few nesting sites for species such as the blue-faced booby, the Bahama duck and the endangered brown pelican.

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