Reef · Lower Keys, Florida
Looe Key Reef
Looe Key Reef is a coral reef in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. Protected as the Looe Key Sanctuary Preservation Area of the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary (375 acres): no fishing or taking marine life, no touching or standing on coral, and no anchoring where a mooring buoy is free. NOAA keeps 36 mooring buoys here, in 5 to 35 ft of water. Least depth 1.2 m (MLLW), the shallowest charted sounding in the zone.
Quick facts
| Type | Reef |
|---|---|
| Charted depth | 1.2 m (4 ft) below MLLW |
| Position | 24.5482°N, 81.4059°W (approximate, ±695 m) |
| Source | NOAA Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, Sanctuary Preservation Areas |
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Nearby
- Adolphus Busch SrShipwreck · 30.5 m · 6.0 km
- Looe Key Artificial ReefReef · 15.2 m · 6.0 km
- Big Pine ShoalShoal · 4.8 m · 8.6 km
- Lake CityShipwreck · 73.1 m · 9.5 km
- American Shoal LighthouseLighthouse · 37.8 m · 12 km
- American ShoalShoal · 2.7 m · 12 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.