Reef · Key West, Florida
Rock Key
Rock Key is a coral reef in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. Protected as the Rock Key Sanctuary Preservation Area of the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary (66 acres): no fishing or taking marine life, no touching or standing on coral, and no anchoring where a mooring buoy is free. NOAA keeps 11 mooring buoys here, in 12 to 28 ft of water. Least depth 2.1 m (MLLW), the shallowest charted sounding in the zone. NOAA ENC US3FL1BE charts it 1170 m away, outside the zone and the buoys.
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Quick facts
| Type | Reef |
|---|---|
| Charted depth | 2.1 m (7 ft) below MLLW |
| Position | 24.4559°N, 81.8573°W |
| From Key West Lighthouse | 12 km (7.4 mi), bearing 208° SSW |
| Source | NOAA Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary; NOAA ENC US3FL1BE |
How to see it
Underwater, so there is nothing to see from the shore. From Key West Lighthouse, 12 km (7.4 mi) away, CoastFinder draws it below the horizon at its bearing and distance, with its charted depth.
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Nearby
- Eastern Dry RocksReef · 0.6 m · 1.9 km
- Sand Key ReefReef · 0.3 m · 2.0 km
- Sand Key LighthouseLighthouse · more than 30.5 m · 2.0 km
- Western Dry RocksShoal · 3 m · 7.2 km
- Parsonage ShoalShoal · 5.4 m · 7.2 km
- LolaShipwreck · 56.1 m · 8.8 km
Not for navigation. Positions and depths come from public charts and records, with their sources named above; they are for looking, not for piloting a boat.