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Turtle Reef
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Location
Location	Caribbean
Coordinates	25°17′00″N 80°12′30″W / 25.28333°N 80.20833°W / 25.28333; -80.20833
Country	United States
Geology
Type	reef

Turtle Reef is a coral reef situated at the northern extremity of the Turtle Rocks shoal, and located within the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. It lies to the east of Key Largo, within the Key Largo Existing Management Area, which is immediately to the east of John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park within Hawk Channel. Unlike many reefs within the National Marine Sanctuary, this reef is not within a Sanctuary Preservation Area (SPA). The reef is north of Carysfort Reef.

References

• NOAA National Marine Sanctuary Maps, Florida Keys East
• NOAA Map of buoys around Turtle Rocks
• NOAA Navigational Chart 11463

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Octocorallia	Bamboo Blue Organ pipe Sea fans Sea pens
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Coral diseases	Coral bleaching Black band disease Skeletal eroding band Stony coral tissue loss disease White band disease White pox disease
Conservation	Environmental issues with coral reefs Coral reef protection Coral reef restoration Reef resilience Organizations Coral Reef Alliance Green Fins International Coral Reef Society Project AWARE Reef Ball Foundation Reef Check
Symbiotic algae	Zooxanthellae Amphidinium Symbiodinium
Other	Artificial reef Aquaculture of coral Coral dermatitis Precious coral Coral rag Coral sand Coralline algae Deep-water coral Fire coral

• Coral reefs of the Florida Keys