Ajax Reef

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Ajax Reef
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Ajax Reef (Caribbean)
Location
Location Caribbean
Coordinates 25°24′00″N80°08′00″W / 25.40000°N 80.13333°W / 25.40000; -80.13333 Coordinates: 25°24′00″N80°08′00″W / 25.40000°N 80.13333°W / 25.40000; -80.13333
Country United States
Geology
Type reef

Ajax Reef is a natural coral reef located within the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary and also within Biscayne National Park. Unlike many reefs within the National Marine Sanctuary, this reef is not within a Sanctuary Preservation Area (SPA). It is north of Pacific Reef.

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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 extensive mangrove forest and seagrass fields. The Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, designated in 1990, is the ninth national marine sanctuary to be established in a system that comprises 13 sanctuaries and two marine national monuments. The Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary protects approximately 2,900 square nautical miles of coastal and ocean waters from the estuarine waters of south Florida along the Florida Keys archipelago, encompassing more than 1,700 islands, out to the Dry Tortugas National Park, reaching into the Atlantic Ocean, Florida Bay and the Gulf of Mexico.

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Molasses Reef Coral reef located within the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary

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Carysfort Reef Coral reef in the Florida Keys, US

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French Reef Coral reef in the Florida Keys, US

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Tennessee Reef Coral reef in the Florida Keys, US

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Marker 32 Coral reef in the Florida Keys, US

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Crocker Reef Coral reef in the Florida Keys, US

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Turtle Reef Coral reef in the Florida Keys, US

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Pacific Reef Coral reef in the Florida Keys, US

Pacific Reef is a coral reef located within the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary and also within Biscayne National Park. Unlike many reefs within the National Marine Sanctuary, this reef is not within a Sanctuary Preservation Area (SPA). It is south of Ajax Reef.

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