§ 398c. — Addition of lands.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC398c]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER XLIV--VIRGIN ISLANDS NATIONAL PARK
Sec. 398c. Addition of lands
In furtherance of the purposes of sections 398 and 398a of this
title, providing for the establishment of the Virgin Islands National
Park, and in order to preserve for the benefit of the public significant
coral gardens, marine life, and seascapes in the vicinity thereof, the
boundaries of such park, subject to valid existing rights, are revised
to include the adjoining lands, submerged lands, and waters, and Hassel
Island located in Saint Thomas Harbor and adjoining lands, submerged
lands, and waters, described as follows:
North Offshore Area
Beginning at the hereinafter lettered point A on the shore of Cruz
Bay, a corner in the Virgin Islands National Park boundary, being also a
corner of lot F, Cruz Bay, added to the park by order of designation
signed June 29, 1960, by the Assistant Secretary of the Interior
pursuant to sections 398 and 398a of this title, and published in the
Federal Register of July 7, 1960, the said corner being the terminus of
the course recited therein as ``north 58 degrees 50 minutes west a
distance of 20.0 feet, more or less, along Government land to a point;''
for the third call in the metes and bounds description lot F, Cruz Bay.
From the initial point A, distances in nautical miles, along direct
courses between the hereinafter lettered points at geographic positions
(latitudes north, longitudes west):
Northwestward approximately 0.13 mile to point B, latitude 18
degrees 20 minutes 08 seconds, longitude 64 degrees 47 minutes 43
seconds in Cruz Bay;
0.43 mile to Point C, latitude 18 degrees 20 minutes 08 seconds,
longitude 64 degrees 48 minutes 10 seconds in Pillsbury Sound;
1.36 miles to point D, latitude 18 degrees 21 minutes 30
seconds, longitude 64 degrees 48 minutes 10 seconds in Windward
Passage;
1.64 miles to point E, latitude 18 degrees 22 minutes 10
seconds, longitude 64 degrees 46 minutes 35 seconds in the Atlantic
Ocean;
1.99 miles to point F, latitude 18 degrees 22 minutes 45
seconds, longitude 64 degrees 44 minutes 35 seconds in the Narrows;
3.18 miles to point G, latitude 18 degrees 22 minutes 00
seconds, longitude 64 degrees 41 minutes 20 seconds in Sir Francis
Drake Channel;
1.04 miles to point H, latitude 18 degrees 21 minutes 10
seconds, longitude 64 degrees 40 minutes 40 seconds in Haulover Bay;
Southwestward approximately 0.22 mile to point I, a bound post
on the shore of Haulover Bay marking a corner of the Virgin Islands
National Park boundary as shown on drawing numbered NP-VI-7000
entitled ``Acquisition Area Virgin Islands National Park'', approved
November 15, 1956, by the acting Secretary of the Interior in
accordance with sections 398 and 398a of this title, being also the
southeasterly corner of estate Haulover 5a and 5c east end quarter
as delineated on the municipality of Saint Thomas and Saint John
drawing PW file numbered 9-24-T51 dated October 26, 1950;
Thence running generally westward along the Virgin Islands
National Park northerly boundary as it follows the northerly shore
of the island of Saint John as shown on the said drawing numbered
NP-VI-7000 and on drawing numbered NP-VI-7003 entitled ``Land
Ownership Cruz Bay Creek'' depicting the boundary adjustment
affected by the said order of designation to point A, the point of
beginning.
The area described contains approximately 4,100 acres.
South Offshore Area
Beginning at the hereinafter lettered point L, a concrete bound post
on the short of Drunk Bay marking a northeasterly corner in the Virgin
Islands National Park boundary as shown on the said drawing numbered NP-
VI-7000, being also the northeasterly corner of parcel numbered 1,
estate Concordia (A), as delineated on the Leo R. Sibilly, civil
engineer, drawing file numbered C9-13-T55.
From the initial point L, distances in nautical miles, along direct
courses between the hereinafter lettered points at geographic positions
(latitudes north, longitudes west):
Eastward approximately 0.32 mile to point M, latitude 18 degrees
18 minutes 48 seconds, longitude 64 degrees 41 minutes 50 seconds in
Sabbat Channel;
0.88 mile to point N, latitude 18 degrees 17 minutes 55 seconds,
longitude 64 degrees 41 minutes 50 seconds in the Caribbean Sea;
0.40 mile to point O, latitude 18 degrees 17 minutes 55 seconds,
longitude 64 degrees 42 minutes 15 seconds in the Caribbean Sea;
1.88 miles to point P, latitude 18 degrees 18 minutes 48
seconds, longitude 64 degrees 44 minutes 00 seconds in the Caribbean
Sea;
1.74 miles to point Q, latitude 18 degrees 18 minutes 48
seconds, longitude 64 degrees 45 minutes 50 seconds in the Caribbean
Sea;
0.45 mile to point R, latitude 18 degrees 19 minutes 15 seconds,
longitude 64 degrees 45 minutes 50 seconds in Fish Bay;
Eastward approximately 0.08 mile to point S on the shore of Fish
Bay, a corner in the present Virgin Islands National Park, as
delineated on said drawing numbered NP-VI-7000, being the
northwesterly corner of parcel numbered 2 estate Fish Bay, numbered
8 Reef Bay Quarter, and the terminus of the delineated course
``south 78 degrees 52 minutes west distance 1,178.9 feet'' as
depicted on the Leo R. Sibilly, civil engineer, drawing file
numbered G9-385-T56.
Thence running generally eastward along the present southerly
park boundary as it follows the southerly shore of the island of
Saint John as depicted on the said drawing numbered NP-VI-7000 to
point L, the point of beginning.
The area described contains approximately 1,550 acres.
Hassel Island
The area known as Hassel Island in Saint Thomas Harbor consisting of
approximately 135 acres, together with such adjoining lands, submerged
lands, and waters as the Secretary of the Interior deems appropriate,
but the boundaries shall not, in any event, extend beyond 100 yards from
the mean high water mark of the island.
Lands, submerged lands, and waters added to the Virgin Islands
National Park pursuant to sections 398c to 398f of this title shall be
subject to administration by the Secretary of the Interior in accordance
with the provisions of sections 1, 2, 3, and 4 of this title, as amended
and supplemented.
(Pub. L. 87-750, Sec. 1, Oct. 5, 1962, 76 Stat. 746; Pub. L. 95-348,
Sec. 7(a), Aug. 18, 1978, 92 Stat. 493.)
Amendments
1978--Pub. L. 95-348 inserted provisions relating to boundaries of
Hassel Island located in Saint Thomas Harbor and adjoining lands,
submerged lands, and waters.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 398d, 398e of this title;
title 48 section 1705.
