Point Udall is at the east end of St. Croix in the

U.S. Virgin Islands The United States Virgin Islands,. Also called the ''American Virgin Islands'' and the ''U.S. Virgin Islands''. officially the Virgin Islands of the United States, are a group of Caribbean islands and an unincorporated and organized territory ...

. It is the easternmost point (by travel, not longitude) of the United States including insular areas. It was named in 1969 for

Stewart Udall Stewart Lee Udall (January 31, 1920 – March 20, 2010) was an American politician and later, a federal government official. After serving three terms as a congressman from Arizona, he served as Secretary of the Interior from 1961 to 1969, unde ...

, United States Secretary of the Interior under Presidents John F. Kennedy and

Lyndon Johnson Lyndon Baines Johnson (; August 27, 1908January 22, 1973), often referred to by his initials LBJ, was an American politician who served as the 36th president of the United States from 1963 to 1969. He had previously served as the 37th vice ...

. A

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known as the Millennium Monument was built above Point Udall for the

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celebration in 2000 — it marks the azimuth of the first U.S. sunrise of that year. From the monument an informal trail of moderate difficulty leads down to the point, which is composed primarily of uplifted and rotated volcanic and sedimentary rocks of Upper Cretaceous origin. The westernmost point of the United States by travel, not longitude, which is in Guam, is also named

Point Udall Point Udall may refer to: *Point Udall (Guam), named after Mo Udall and regarded as the westernmost point of the United States *Point Udall (U.S. Virgin Islands) Point Udall is at the east end of St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands. It is th ...

, in honor of Stewart's brother,

Morris Udall Morris King "Mo" Udall (June 15, 1922 – December 12, 1998) was an American attorney and Democratic politician who served as a U.S. representative from Arizona from May 2, 1961, to May 4, 1991. He was a leading contender for the 1976 Democr ...

. In a 1987 statement in regards to H.R. 2434, the legislation which led to the naming of the point in Guam, Denny Smith and Guam's nonvoting congressional delegate Ben Blaz said "If our legislation is approved, America's day would begin and end at a Point Udall."Bill text and articles
from the University of Arizona When Mo Udall died in 1998, President Bill Clinton issued a statement saying in part "It is fitting that the easternmost point of the United States, in the Virgin Islands, and the westernmost point, in Guam, are both named 'Udall Point.' The Sun will never set on the legacy of Mo Udall." This was also noted in the

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by Rep. George Miller of California.Congressional Record
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St. Croix Tourism
Landforms of the United States Virgin Islands Landforms of Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands {{SaintCroixVI-geo-stub