Point Udall

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Aerial view of Point Udall, St. Croix

Point Udall is the name of both the easternmost and westernmost points in the United States, named for two brothers.

1 St. Croix, Virgin Islands
2 Guam
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] St. Croix, Virgin Islands

Point Udall Millennium Monument

Point Udall (17°45′20″N, 64°33′55″WCoordinates: 17°45′20″N, 64°33′55″W) at the east end of St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands is the easternmost point in the United States including territories and insular areas. It was named for Stewart Udall, United States Secretary of the Interior under Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson. A sundial known as the Millennium Monument was built above Point Udall for the New Year's celebration in 2000 — it marks the azimuth of the first U.S. sunrise of that year. From the monument an informal trail of moderate difficulty leads down to the point, composed of uplifted and rotated volcanic rock.

[edit] Guam

Point Udall ( 13°26′51.2″N, 144°37′5.5″E) also refers to the westernmost point in the territorial United States, on the Orote Peninsula of Guam. This point used to be called "Orote Point" until it was re-named "Point Udall" in May 1987. It is named after Stewart Udall's brother, Mo Udall.