Point Udall is at the east end of St. Croix in the

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. It is the easternmost point (by travel, not

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) of the United States including

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s. It was named in 1969 for

Stewart Udall Stewart Lee Udall (January 31, 1920 – March 20, 2010) was an American politician and later, a federal government official who belonged to the Democratic Party. After serving three terms as a congressman from Arizona, he served as Secretary ...

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under Presidents

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and

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. A

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known as the Millennium Monument was built above Point Udall for the New Year's celebration in 2000 — it marks the

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of the first U.S. sunrise of that year. From the monument an informal trail of moderate difficulty leads down to the point, which is composed primarily of uplifted and rotated volcanic and sedimentary rocks of Upper Cretaceous origin. The westernmost point of the United States by travel, not longitude, which is in Guam, is also named

Point Udall Point Udall may refer to: *Point Udall (Guam) Point Udall, also called Orote Point, is the westernmost point (by travel, not longitude) in the territorial United States, located on the Orote Peninsula of Guam. It lies at the mouth of Apra Har ...

, in honor of Stewart's brother,

Morris Udall Morris King Udall (June 15, 1922 – December 12, 1998) was an American attorney and Democratic politician who served as a U.S. representative from Arizona from May 2, 1961, to May 4, 1991. He was a leading contender for the 1976 Democratic pr ...

. In a 1987 statement in regards to H.R. 2434, the legislation which led to the naming of the point in Guam,

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and Guam's nonvoting congressional delegate

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said "If our legislation is approved, America's day would begin and end at a Point Udall."Bill text and articles
from the University of Arizona When Mo Udall died in 1998, President

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issued a statement saying in part, "It is fitting that the easternmost point of the United States, in the Virgin Islands, and the westernmost point, in Guam, are both named 'Udall Point.' The Sun will never set on the legacy of Mo Udall." This was also noted in the

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by Rep. George Miller of California.Congressional Record
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St. Croix Tourism
Landforms of the United States Virgin Islands Landforms of Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands {{SaintCroixVI-geo-stub

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