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Green Cay National Wildlife Refuge
Green Cay National Wildlife Refuge
IUCN category IV (habitat/species management area)
	location in the US Virgin Islands Green Cay National Wildlife Refuge (the U.S. Virgin Islands)
Location	Virgin Islands, United States
Nearest city	Christiansted, VI
Coordinates	17°46′1″N 64°39′57″W / 17.76694°N 64.66583°W
Area	14 acres (0.06 km²)
Established	1977
Visitors	0 (in 2006)
Governing body	U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Website	Green Cay National Wildlife Refuge
U.S. National Natural Landmark
Designated	1980

Green Cay National Wildlife Refuge, encompasses the 6 ha (14 acre) island of Green Cay lying midway between the town of Christiansted and Buck Island Reef National Monument, just north of Saint Croix in the United States Virgin Islands of the Caribbean. It is administered as part of the Caribbean Islands National Wildlife complex. There is a smaller "Green Cay" off the coast of Saint Thomas ( 18°18′37″N 64°54′28″W / 18.31028°N 64.90778°W / 18.31028; -64.90778).

Wildlife

The wildlife refuge preserves habitat for the largest remaining population of the endangered Saint Croix ground lizard. Much smaller populations of ground lizards live on nearby Protestant Cay ( 17°44′59″N 64°42′10″W / 17.74972°N 64.70278°W / 17.74972; -64.70278) and on Ruth Island. Its extirpation from the mainland of Saint Croix is generally attributed to the introduction of the small Indian mongoose. In 2008, the National Park Service reintroduced the lizard to Buck Island, translocating 57 individuals from Green Cay.^[1]

^ Michael Louis Treglia. "A Translocated Population of the St. Croix Ground Lizard" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2011-01-18.
^ "Southgate and Green Cay". BirdLife Data Zone. BirdLife International. 2021. Retrieved 21 February 2021.

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Green Cay National Wildlife Refuge
IUCN category IV (habitat/species management area)

location in the US Virgin Islands Green Cay National Wildlife Refuge (the U.S. Virgin Islands) Show map of the U.S. Virgin Islands
Location	Virgin Islands, United States
Nearest city	Christiansted, VI
Coordinates	17°46′1″N 64°39′57″W / 17.76694°N 64.66583°W / 17.76694; -64.66583
Area	14 acres (0.06 km²)
Established	1977
Visitors	0 (in 2006)
Governing body	U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Website	Green Cay National Wildlife Refuge

U.S. National Natural Landmark
Designated	1980