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The Alligator Reef Light sits on Alligator Reef. A wreck traditionally considered as the remains of USS Alligator is located 200 feet southwest of the lighthouse and can be seen by snorkelers and divers year-round; however a 1996 expedition has challenged this identification, and the wreck is probably that of another 19th c. ship. [2]
The Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, designated on December 28, 1990, [2] was the ninth national marine sanctuary to be established. The Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary protects approximately 2,900 square nautical miles (9,947 km 2; 3,840 sq mi) of coastal and ocean waters from the estuarine waters of South Florida along the ...
Alligator Reef Light is located 4 nautical miles (7.4 km; 4.6 mi) east of Indian Key, near the Matecumbe Keys of Florida in the United States, north of Alligator Reef itself. The station was established in 1873.
"There are 1.2 million alligators in the state of Florida, and there are about a thousand people per day that move to the state of Florida, 99.9% of which are native to alligators.
The creation of Biscayne National Monument (which later became Biscayne National Park) in 1968 protected the northern part of the Florida Reef. In 1990 the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary was established, bringing all of the Florida reef into federal or state protection. [17]
The Key West Butterfly and Nature Conservatory located at 1316 Duval Street, Key West, Florida, United States is a butterfly park that houses from 50 to 60 different species of live butterflies from around the world in a climate-controlled, glass-enclosed habitat. The conservatory includes flowering plants, cascading waterfalls and trees.
Those with herpetophobia, beware — alligators in Florida can now climb fences. And no, we're not kidding. Last Saturday, Christina Stewart took to Facebook to share images and video of an ...
Lower Sugarloaf Key is the lower arm of an island known as Sugarloaf Key in the lower Florida Keys about 13 miles (21 km) east of Key West. U.S. 1 (or the Overseas Highway) crosses the key at about mile markers 16.5–17.5. Due to the routing of U.S. Route 1, it appears that Upper Sugarloaf Key and Lower Sugarloaf Key are separate islands, but ...