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Sandy Point National Wildlife Refuge preserves habitat for threatened and endangered species, with particular emphasis on the
leatherback sea turtle The leatherback sea turtle (''Dermochelys coriacea''), sometimes called the lute turtle or leathery turtle or simply the luth, is the largest of all living turtles and the heaviest non-crocodilian reptile, reaching lengths of up to and weight ...
(''Dermochelys coriacea''). Its two miles (3 km) of sandy beaches on the southwest corner of
Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands Saint Croix; nl, Sint-Kruis; french: link=no, Sainte-Croix; Danish and no, Sankt Croix, Taino: ''Ay Ay'' ( ) is an island in the Caribbean Sea, and a county and constituent district of the United States Virgin Islands (USVI), an unincor ...
is an ideal nesting place for leatherbacks. The
National Wildlife Refuge National Wildlife Refuge System is a designation for certain protected areas of the United States managed by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. The National Wildlife Refuge System is the system of public lands and waters set aside to ...
is open to the public for limited hours on Saturdays and Sundays. The Aklis Archeological Site, a prehistoric
shell midden A midden (also kitchen midden or shell heap) is an old dump for domestic waste which may consist of animal bone, human excrement, botanical material, mollusc shells, potsherds, lithics (especially debitage), and other artifacts and eco ...
on the coast, is in the refuge. The site dates back to the year 400 and show evidence of human occupation for over 200 years, and has yielded a wide variety of artifacts, including pottery and stone tool fragments, and human remains. The site is subject to gradual erosion. It was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...
in 1976. The last scene of the 1994 film ''
The Shawshank Redemption ''The Shawshank Redemption'' is a 1994 American drama film written and directed by Frank Darabont, based on the 1982 Stephen King novella ''Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption''. It tells the story of banker Andy Dufresne (Tim Robbins), w ...
'' was filmed in the refuge. Sandy Point NWR is administered as part of the
Caribbean Islands National Wildlife complex Caribbean Islands National Wildlife Complex is an administrative unit of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service which oversees National Wildlife Refuges in Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Navassa Island of the U.S. Minor Outlying Is ...
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Gallery

File:Sandy Point Wildlife Refuge beach.jpg, Sandy Point beach File:Leatherback sea turtle Tinglar, USVI (5839996547).jpg, Leatherback sea turtle on the refuge File:Virgin Islands-CIA WFB Map.png, Map of the US Virgin Islands File:Sand dunes at Shallow Inlet, Sandy Point - panoramio.jpg, Sandy Point beach


See also

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List of National Wildlife Refuges As of 2022, there are 588 National Wildlife Refuges in the United States, with the addition of the Green River National Wildlife Refuge. Refuges that have boundaries in multiple states are listed only in the state where the main visitor entrance i ...
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National Register of Historic Places listings in the United States Virgin Islands __NOTOC__ This is a list of the buildings A building, or edifice, is an enclosed structure with a roof and walls standing more or less permanently in one place, such as a house or factory (although there's also portable buildings). Buildings c ...


References


External links


Sandy Point National Wildlife Refuge homepage
National Wildlife Refuges of the United States in the Caribbean National Register of Historic Places in the United States Virgin Islands Protected areas of the United States Virgin Islands Protected areas established in 1984 1984 establishments in the United States Virgin Islands Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands Beaches of the United States Virgin Islands {{SaintCroixVI-geo-stub