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The total area, including the lagoon, measures 29.37 km 2 (11.34 sq mi). The land area, according to the United States Census Bureau, is 6.58 km 2 (2.54 sq mi) (exactly 6,579,703 m 2), the water area 0.17 km 2 (0.066 sq mi) (165,744 m 2), giving a combined area of 6.75 km 2 (2.61 sq mi), not counting water areas with connection to the open sea, but including small landlocked lakes on the Keys.
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 ...
Just offshore of the Florida Keys along the edge of the Florida Straits is the Florida Reef (also known as the Florida Reef Tract), separated from the keys by the Hawk Channel. The Florida Reef extends 170 miles (270 km) from Fowey Rocks just east of Soldier Key to just south of the Marquesas Keys.
Download the Florida Stories app to listen to an audio walking tour of the key produced by the Florida Humanities Council. Hours : 8 a.m. to sunset, 365 days a year Fees : $2.50 per person
Following Hurricane Hugo in 1989, Aquarius was taken to Wilmington, North Carolina, for repairs and refurbishment and was redeployed in the Florida Keys in 1993. Aquarius is located under 20 m (66 ft) of water at the base of a coral reef within the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary , an ideal site for studying the health of sensitive coral ...
Tortugas Bank is the westernmost feature of the Florida Keys, but it is a submarine feature, wholly submerged, without any islands or above-water rocks. The least known depth is 11 meters. A depth of less than 18 meters is found in a circle of 4 km diameter around the center of the bank.
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John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park is a Florida State Park located on Key Largo in Florida. It includes approximately 70 nautical square miles (240 km 2 ) of adjacent Atlantic Ocean waters. The park is approximately 25 miles in length and extends 3 miles into the Atlantic Ocean along the prominent Hawk Channel passage.