Reef · Upper Keys, Florida

Molasses Reef

Charted reef area about 0.9 km across, least depth 0.9 m (MLLW). Depth taken from the nearest charted sounding. Charted on NOAA ENC US4FL1GY, surveyed 2006. Protected as the Molasses Reef Sanctuary Preservation Area of the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary (248 acres): no fishing or taking marine life, no touching or standing on coral, and no anchoring where a mooring buoy is free. NOAA keeps 30 mooring buoys here, in 16 to 34 ft of water.

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TypeReef
Charted depth0.9 m (3 ft) below MLLW
Position25.0122°N, 80.3762°W
SourceNOAA ENC US4FL1GY

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