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Saint Croix (island) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 17 45 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 17.7500 decimal degrees |
| Long: 064 45 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -64.7500 decimal degrees |
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Note: Largest of Virgin Islands of the United States; sighted by Columbus in 1493; was possession successively of Dutch, English, Spanish, French, Dutch (1753) and US (1917). |
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| Saint Croix (preferred,C,V)
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| Santa Cruz (C,V)
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| St. Croix (C,V)
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| Saint Croix Island (C,U)
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| Island of St. Croix (C,U)
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