The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-07.
Saint Croix, island, Virgin Islands
(snt kroi) (KEY) , island (2000 pop. 53,234), 80 sq mi (207 sq km), the largest of the U.S. Virgin Islands, in the West Indies. Christiansted, on the northeast coast, is the islands leading town. Buck Island Reef National Monument is off the islands NE coast.