Shipwreck · Lower Keys, Florida
North America
North America, a wreck on the sanctuary's Shipwreck Trail, in about 14 ft on the sand and grass flats north of Delta Shoal. She was lost there on 25 November 1842, bound from New York to Mobile. What remains is the lower wooden hull under an oval ballast pile, about 112 by 35 ft; looters disturbed it in 2022. From the sanctuary's mooring buoy; by boat. Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary: look, don't touch, and take nothing.
Quick facts
| Type | Shipwreck |
|---|---|
| Lost | 1842 |
| Seabed depth | 4.3 m (14 ft) below MLLW |
| Position | 24.6378°N, 81.0935°W (approximate, ±50 m) |
| Position known from | An agency's record of where it was placed or found |
| Source | NOAA Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, mooring buoy locations and Shipwreck Trail |
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Nearby
- Delta ShoalShoal · 0.9 m · 544 m
- Sombrero Key LighthouseLighthouse · 46.9 m · 2.1 km
- Sombrero ReefReef · 0.6 m · 2.2 km
- Sombrero KeyIsland · 2.2 km
- East Washerwoman ShoalShoal · 1.5 m · 3.8 km
- H.H. ConwayShipwreck · 4.3 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.