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National parks, monuments, natural reserves, historic sites of Virgin Islands. Pages with photos are indicated with (pictures).
Buck Island Reef (pictures)
Christiansted
Christiansted (pictures)
Christiansted, St. Croix
Salt River Bay National Historic and Ecological Preserve
Christiansted
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Buck Island Reef National Monument pictures
Christiansted, VI
The park was created to preserve one of the finest marine gardens in the Caribbean Sea. The elkhorn coral barrier reef that surrounds two-thirds of the island has extrodinary coral formations, deep grottoes, abundant reef fishes, sea fans and gorgonians, and the occasional sea turtle. At the eastern most point of the reef is the famous underwater trail; both novice and expert snorkelers will enjoy the passages through the reef. The island, which has an overland nature trail and white coral sand beaches, is a rookery for endangered brown pelicans and a nesting area for three species of sea turtles. Seasonally Buck Island Reef supports one of the last remaining protected nesting populations of endangered hawksbill sea turtles in the eastern Caribbean. Visitors can take daily trips to the park. Once there they can enjoy the tropical island its extraordinary array of marine life and tropical flora and fauna while leasurely swimming in the crystal clear waters, or snorkeling or SCUBA diving through the fantastic reef or hiking over the island while getting a birds-eye view of the reef and sea below.
Bird Watching, Boating, Fishing, Hiking, Nature Walks, Scuba Diving, Snorkeling, Swimming, Wildlife Viewing
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