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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 ...
Fort Matanzas National Monument (Spanish: Fuerte Matanzas) is the site where the Spanish built a fort. It was designated a United States national monument on October 15, 1924. [ 2 ] The monument consists of a 1740 Spanish fort called Fort Matanzas, and about 100 acres (0.4 km 2 ) of salt marsh and barrier islands along the Matanzas River on the ...
Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary: Pacific: 1,286 sq mi (3,331 km 2) May 24, 1989 [10] Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary: Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico: 3,840 sq mi (9,946 km 2) November 16, 1990 [13] [14] Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary: Gulf of Mexico: 160 sq mi (414 km 2) January 17, 1992 [10] Gray's Reef National Marine ...
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 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 ]
Matanzas Inlet is a channel in Florida between two barrier islands and the mainland, connecting the Atlantic Ocean and the south end of the Matanzas River. It is 14 miles (23 km) south of St. Augustine , in the southern part of St. Johns County .
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NOAA National Marine Sanctuary Maps, Florida Keys East; NOAA Navigational Chart 11449; Barbara H. Lidz, Christopher D. Reich, and Eugene A. Shinn. Systematic Mapping of Bedrock and Habitats along the Florida Reef Tract—Central Key Largo to Halfmoon Shoal (Gulf of Mexico). USGS Professional Paper 1751 Tile 2, Davis and Alligator Reefs; Benthic ...