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The densest and most spectacular reefs, along with the highest water clarity, are found to the seaward of Key Largo (in and beyond John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park) and Elliott Key (the northernmost 'true' Florida Key) where the two long keys help protect the reefs from the effects of water exchange with Florida Bay, Biscayne Bay, Card ...
Eastern Dry Rocks is a coral reef located within the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. It lies seven miles southeast of Key West and one mile east of Sand Key light within the Key West National Wildlife Refuge. This reef is within a Sanctuary Preservation Area (SPA).
Rock Key is a coral reef located within the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. It lies to the southwest of Key West , within the Key West National Wildlife Refuge . This reef is within a Sanctuary Preservation Area (SPA).
The Dry Tortugas are a small archipelago of coral islands about 70 miles (110 km) west of Key West, Florida. They represent the westernmost extent of the Florida Keys, though several reefs and submarine banks continue westward outside the park, beyond the Tortugas. The park area is more than 99 percent water.
Sand Key is a coral reef located within the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. It lies to the southwest of Key West within the Key West National Wildlife Refuge and Hawk Channel. This reef is within a Sanctuary Preservation Area (SPA). The Sand Key Light was built on the key. The reef lies to the south of the light.
Florida's Coral Reef, the only coral reef system in the continental United States and the third-largest barrier reef ecosystem in the world, is a shallow-water reef. This deep-sea one is ...
The Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary is a U.S. National Marine Sanctuary in the Florida Keys. It includes the Florida Reef, the only barrier coral reef in North America [1] and the third-largest coral barrier reef in the world. It also has extensive mangrove forest and seagrass fields. The Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary ...
Sombrero Key [1] is a coral reef in the Florida Reef. It lies to the south of Vaca Key. The reef lies within the Sombrero Key Sanctuary Preservation Area of the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. [2] The Spanish called the reef Cayo Sombrero. As part of the reef was above water at low tide, it was also called "Dry Bank". [3]