Cross Island National Wildlife Refuge
44°36′30″N 67°17′58″W / 44.60841°N 67.29943°W / 44.60841; -67.29943[1]Area 1,700 acres (6.9 km2) Established 1980 Governing body U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Website Cross Island National Wildlife Refuge ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Cross_Island_rugged_shoreline_%284188080036%29.jpg/220px-Cross_Island_rugged_shoreline_%284188080036%29.jpg)
Rugged shoreline of Cross Island Federal
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Cross Island National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge in the state of Maine. It is one of the five refuges that together make up the Maine Coastal Islands National Wildlife Refuge, along with Petit Manan, Franklin Island, Seal Island, and Pond Island.
Cross Island NWR has a surface area of 1,700 acres (6.9 km2).[2] It is part of the Town of Cutler.
Islands
Cross Island National Wildlife Refuge consists of six islands:
- Cross Island - 1,489 acres (603 ha)
- Scotch Island - 10 acres (4.0 ha)
- Outer Double Head Shot - 14 acres (5.7 ha)
- Inner Double Head Shot - 8 acres (3.2 ha)
- Mink Island - 11 acres (4.5 ha)
- Old Man Island - 6 acres (2.4 ha)
See also
References
- Cross Island - Maine Coastal Islands National Wildlife Refuge
- ^ "Cross Island National Wildlife Refuge". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ USFWS Lands Report, 30 September 2007
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