Looe Key National Marine Sanctuary
| Looe Key National Marine Sanctuary | |
|---|---|
IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape) | |
 Looe Key Reef | |
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| Location | Looe Key in the Florida Keys |
| Coordinates | 24°32′55″N 081°24′21″W / 24.54861°N 81.40583°W |
| Area | 7.04 sq mi (18.2 km2) |
| Designated | January 16, 1981 |
| Disestablished | December 28, 1990 |
| Governing body | NOAA Office of National Marine Sanctuaries |
The Looe Key National Marine Sanctuary was a National Marine Sanctuary in the waters in the Florida Keys in Florida in the United States.[1] It protected Looe Key, a coral reef south of Big Pine Key, and had an area of 5.32 square nautical miles (7.05 sq mi; 18.2 km2).[2] It was among three national marine sanctuaries designated on January 16, 1981, expanding the national marine sanctuary system from three to six sanctuaries.[3] The Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary subsumed the Looe Key National Marine Sanctuary when it was designated on December 28,1990.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "15 CFR Part 937 The Looe Key National Marine Sanctuary (Final Rule)" (PDF). NOAA. Federal Register. January 26, 1981. Retrieved October 22, 2024.
- ^ "Florida Keys
National Marine Sanctuary Revised Management Plan". NOAA. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. December 2007.
{{cite web}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help); Missing or empty|url=(help); line feed character in|title=at position 13 (help) - ^ "About". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Office of National Marine Sanctuaries. Retrieved October 22, 2024.
- ^ "Sanctuary Designations & Expansions". NOAA. Retrieved October 17, 2024.