Ruth Island

Ruth Island (also known as Ruth Cay) is an artificial island off the southern coast of Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands near Port Alucroix. It was created in the mid-1960s from the dredging of Krauses Lagune and is about 40 acres (16 ha).

Ruth Island

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Geography
Location	Caribbean Sea
Coordinates	17°41′1″N 64°45′43″W
Area	40 acres (16 ha)
Administration
United States
Federal Department	U.S. Department of the Interior
Federal Agency	U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Capital city	Washington, D.C.
Largest settlement	New York City
President	Joseph R. Biden

Because the island is free of small Indian mongooses (Urva auropunctata) biologists introduced the endangered Saint Croix ground lizard (Pholidoscelis polops) from the Protestant Cay population. Today there are about 30 ground lizards on Ruth Island.^[1]

References

1. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. "Endangered Species Bulletin, August 2005" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on September 2, 2006. Retrieved September 25, 2006.