Buck Island (Saint Croix)
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| Waters | Caribbean Sea | |
| Archipelago | Virgin Islands | |
| Geographical location | 17 ° 47 '11 " N , 64 ° 37' 18" W | |
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| length | 1.7 km | |
| width | 600 m | |
| surface | 70 ha | |
| Highest elevation | 90 m | |
| Residents | uninhabited | |
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Buck Island is an island in the Lesser Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean Sea .
Politically, the island belongs to the US Virgin Islands , a US outlying area .
The uninhabited island has a land area of 0.7 square kilometers and is located about 2.6 kilometers off the northeast coast of Saint Croix .
Since 1961, the coral reef that surrounds the island , known as the Buck Island Reef , has been one of the United States' national monuments .