| Point Udall | |
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 Point Udall Millennium Monument | |
| Coordinates | 17°45′21″N64°34′01″W / 17.75583°N 64.56694°W /17.75583; -64.56694 |
  Location of Point Udall in Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands Show map of Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands Point Udall (U.S. Virgin Islands) (the U.S. Virgin Islands) Show map of the U.S. Virgin Islands | |
Point Udall is at the east end ofSt. Croix in theU.S. Virgin Islands. It is theeasternmost point (by travel, notlongitude) of the United States includinginsular areas. It was named in 1969 forStewart Udall,United States Secretary of the Interior under PresidentsJohn F. Kennedy andLyndon Johnson.[1]
Asundial known as the Millennium Monument was built above Point Udall for theNew Year's celebration in 2000 — it marks theazimuth 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.[2]
Thewesternmost point of the United States by travel, not longitude, which is in Guam, is also namedPoint Udall, in honor of Stewart's brother,Morris Udall. 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 delegateBen Blaz said "If our legislation is approved, America's day would begin and end at a Point Udall."[3]
When Mo Udall died in 1998, PresidentBill 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."[4] This was also noted in theCongressional Record by Rep.George Miller of California.[5]
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