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A navigational marker that vanished off NOAA Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary in South Florida turned up on an island more than 4,300 miles away, officials say.
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 ...
Map of the southern portion of Biscayne Bay; The northern entrance to Hawk Channel can be seen directly east of Elliot Key within the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. The channel runs systemically with the Florida Current pushing water northward from the Atlantic with a velocity of 1.8 m/s (3.5 kn) and a mean transport of 30 Sv.
Marker 32 is a coral reef located within the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. It lies to the south of Key West, and is between Western Sambo reef and 9-Foot Stake reef. Unlike many reefs in the Sanctuary, it is not within a Sanctuary Preservation Area (SPA). The reef is close to navigational marker 32.
The Key Largo National Marine Sanctuary was a National Marine Sanctuary in the waters in the Florida Keys in Florida in the United States that existed from 1975 to 1990. It was the second national marine sanctuary, and it protected the portion of a barrier reef beyond Florida state waters in John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park . [ 1 ]
Middle Torch Key is an island in the lower Florida Keys. [1] [2] It is located between Ramrod Key and Little Torch Key. The southernmost tip of the key is on U.S. 1 (or the Overseas Highway), at approximately mile marker 28. Like the other Torch Keys, it was probably named for the native Torchwood tree.
The Looe Key National Marine Sanctuary was a National Marine Sanctuary in the waters in the Florida Keys in Florida in the United States that existed from 1981 to 1990. [1] It protected Looe Key, a coral reef south of Big Pine Key. In 1990, it was subsumed by the new Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, which included its waters.
Cheeca Rocks is a shallow coral reef (patch reef) located within the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. It lies approximately one mile to the southeast of Upper Matecumbe Key. This reef lies within a Sanctuary Preservation Area (SPA).