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[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.
