Reef · Upper Keys, Florida
Elbow Reef
Elbow Reef is a coral reef in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. Protected as The Elbow Sanctuary Preservation Area of the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary (256 acres): no fishing or taking marine life, no touching or standing on coral, and no anchoring where a mooring buoy is free. NOAA keeps 7 mooring buoys here, in 19 to 24 ft of water. Least depth 0.9 m (MLLW), the shallowest charted sounding in the zone.
Quick facts
| Type | Reef |
|---|---|
| Charted depth | 0.9 m (3 ft) below MLLW |
| Position | 25.1437°N, 80.2607°W (approximate, ±574 m) |
| Source | NOAA Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, Sanctuary Preservation Areas |
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Nearby
- City of WashingtonShipwreck · 7.6 m · 570 m
- North North Dry RocksReef · 1.5 m · 3.0 km
- North Dry RocksReef · 0.6 m · 3.7 km
- Key Largo Dry RocksReef · 1.8 m · 4.1 km
- Watsons ReefReef · 1.5 m · 4.7 km
- Higdons ReefReef · 1.2 m · 5.6 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.