Dry Rocks (or Key Largo Dry Rocks) 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 group ...

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 e ...

. It lies east of

Key Largo Key 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 by U.S. Highway ...

, within the Key Largo Existing Management Area, which is immediately 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 around of adjacent Atlantic Ocean waters. The park is roughly long and extends into the Atlantic Ocean along the prominent Hawk Cha ...

. The reef lies within a Sanctuary Preservation Area (SPA). It is close to Grecian Rocks and The Elbow. A copy of the famous ''

Christ of the Abyss ''Christ of the Abyss'' (Italian: ''Il Cristo degli Abissi'') is a submerged bronze statue of Jesus Christ by , the original cast of which is located in the Mediterranean Sea, off San Fruttuoso, between Camogli and Portofino on the Italian Riv ...

'' statue is located at this reef. This reef is distinct from White Banks Dry Rocks, which is landward of

Molasses Reef Molasses Reef is a coral reef located within the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary in Florida, United States. It lies to the southeast of Key Largo, within the Key Largo Existing Management Area, which is immediately to the east of John Pe ...

and

French Reef French Reef is a coral reef located within the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. It lies southeast of Key Largo, within the Key Largo Existing Management Area of the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, which is immediately to the east ...

External links

Benthic Habitat Map

References

NOAA National Marine Sanctuary Maps, Florida Keys East

NOAA Navigational Chart 11464
{{corals Coral reefs of the Florida Keys