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Sombrero Key

Sombrero Key

Coral reef in the Florida Keys, US

Sombrero Key[1] is a coral reef in the Florida Reef. It lies to the south of Vaca Key.

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The reef lies within the Sombrero Key Sanctuary Preservation Area of the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.[2]

The Spanish called the reef Cayo Sombrero. As part of the reef was above water at low tide, it was also called "Dry Bank".[3]

The Sombrero Key Light was built on the reef in 1858,[4] and continued in use until 2015.[3] The lighthouse tower is unsafe, and boaters are forbidden from tying up to the tower or climbing on it.[5]

  • NOAA Map of the Sanctuary Preservation Area
  • Sombrero Key Light at center, and the reef within the Sanctuary Preservation Area is to the south of it.
  • Oblique view

References

  1. [1]
    U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Sombrero Key
  2. [2]
    "Sombrero Key Sanctuary Protection Area". NOAA. Retrieved October 28, 2018.
  3. [3]
    "Sombrero Key Lighthouse". lighthousefriends.com. Retrieved October 28, 2018.
  4. [4]
    Love, Dean (1982). Reef Lights: Seaswept Lighthouses of the Florida Keys. Key West, Florida: The Historic Key West Preservation Board. p. 65. ISBN 0-943528-03-8.
  5. [5]
    "Coast Guard cautions boaters of unsafe reef lights in Florida Keys". Coast Guard News. January 29, 2015. Retrieved October 28, 2018.


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