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Grand Isle #9: In 1999, the Louisiana Artificial Reef Program created the world's largest artificial reef by area. Created from the Freeport Sulfur Mine off Grand Isle, Louisiana the reef is made up of more than 68 structures with over 1.5 miles of bridgework. The reef is in 42–50 feet of water with 27 feet (8.2 m) of clearance. [12]
The Amazon Reef (also referred to as the Amazonian Reef) is an extensive coral and sponge reef system, located off the coast of French Guiana and northern Brazil. It is one of the largest reef systems in the world known to exist, with scientists estimating its length to be over 600 miles (970 km) long, and covering over 3,600 square miles ...
The park was established in 1979 and covers 2700 hectares (6700 acres) and includes a coral reef, seagrass, and mangrove vegetation. [2] [3] The Lac Bay lagoon is also part of the underwater park. In 1999, the underwater park received the status of national park from the Netherlands Antilles.
During the permitting process, Hurricane Andrew, a category 5 hurricane swept through, requiring a re-engineering of the Reef. The reef stretches across 16 acres (65,000 m 2) of ocean floor designed as both a home for sea life and "a destination for divers". [6] The Neptune Memorial Reef lies in a special management zone.
A fringing reef is a reef that is attached to an island. Whereas, a barrier reef forms a calcareous barrier around an island, resulting in a lagoon between the shore and the reef. Conversely, an atoll is a ring reef with no land present. The reef front, facing the ocean, is a high energy locale.
Among the wildlife of the park are the gopher tortoise, eastern indigo snake, butterflies, and turtles.Visitors also can see gray squirrels, marsh rabbits, and opossums, as well as more than 200 species of wading birds, hawks, and ducks.
Osborne Reef is an artificial reef off the coast of Fort Lauderdale, ... (15 ha) of the ocean floor, approximately 7,000 feet (2,100 m) offshore, and at a depth of 65 ...
The Pacific Ocean is to the west of Cardiff-by-the-Sea, the rest of incorporated Encinitas is to the east and north, and a beach and lagoon to the south. With a population of under 12,000, Cardiff-by-the-Sea operates as part of the city of Encinitas, but unlike the other communities that comprise Encinitas, has its own ZIP Code (92007).