Carysfort is a
coral reef
A coral reef is an underwater ecosystem characterized by reef-building corals. Reefs are formed of colonies of coral polyps held together by calcium carbonate. Most coral reefs are built from stony corals, whose polyps cluster in groups.
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located within the
Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary
The Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary is a U.S. National Marine Sanctuary in the Florida Keys. It includes the Florida Reef, the only barrier coral reef in North America and the third-largest coral barrier reef in the world. It also has ...
. It lies to the east of
Key Largo
Key Largo ( es, Cayo Largo) is an island in the upper Florida Keys archipelago and is the largest section of the keys, at long. It is one of the northernmost of the Florida Keys in Monroe County, and the northernmost of the keys connected b ...
, within the Key Largo Existing Management Area, which is immediately to the east of
John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park
John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park is a Florida State Park located on Key Largo in Florida. It includes approximately 70 nautical square miles (240 kmĀ²) of adjacent Atlantic Ocean waters. The park is approximately 25 miles in length ...
. This reef is within a Sanctuary Preservation Area (SPA). The reef is northeast of
The Elbow.
The reef is named after , which ran aground there (but did not sink) in 1770.
The
Carysfort Reef Light
Carysfort Reef Light is located approximately six nautical miles east of Key Largo, Florida. The lighthouse has an iron screw-pile foundation with a platform, and a skeletal, octagonal, pyramidal tower, which is painted red. The light is above ...
is near the center of the SPA.
References
NOAA National Marine Sanctuary Maps, Florida Keys East
External links
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Coral reefs of the Florida Keys