Florida Underwater Archaeological Preserves

The Florida Underwater Archaeological Preserves are a system of underwater parks in the state of Florida

Florida

Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...

, USA. They consist of shipwreck

Shipwreck

A shipwreck is what remains of a ship that has wrecked, either sunk or beached. Whatever the cause, a sunken ship or a wrecked ship is a physical example of the event: this explains why the two concepts are often overlapping in English....

s of historic interest, both off the coast and inland, and are open all year round, free of charge. Similar programs have been created in California

California

California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...

, Maryland

Maryland

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, Michigan

Michigan

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, New York

New York

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, North Carolina

North Carolina

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, and Vermont

Vermont

Vermont is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state ranks 43rd in land area, , and 45th in total area. Its population according to the 2010 census, 630,337, is the second smallest in the country, larger only than Wyoming. It is the only New England...

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There are eleven preserves in the Florida system:

Urca de Lima
Urca de Lima
The Urca de Lima is a Spanish shipwreck near Fort Pierce, Florida, United States. It was part of the 1715 Treasure Fleet itself one of the numerous Spanish treasure fleets. It is located north of Fort Pierce Inlet, 200 yards off the shore from Jack Island Park. It became the first Florida...
San Pedro
San Pedro Underwater Archaeological Preserve State Park
San Pedro Underwater Archaeological Preserve State Park is a Florida State Park located in of water, approximately south of Indian Key. It became the second Florida Underwater Archaeological Preserve when it opened to the public in 1989. The heart of the park is the San Pedro, a submerged...
City of Hawkinsville
City Of Hawkinsville
The City of Hawkinsville was a paddle steamer constructed in Georgia in 1886. Sold in 1900 to a Tampa, Florida company, it delivered cargo and lumber along the Suwannee River...
USS Massachusetts (BB-2)
USS Massachusetts (BB-2)
USS Massachusetts was an and the second United States Navy ship comparable to foreign battleships of the time. Authorized in 1890 and commissioned six years later, she was a small battleship, though with heavy armor and ordnance. The ship class also pioneered the use of an intermediate battery...
SS Copenhagen
SS Tarpon
Half Moon
Half Moon (shipwreck)
The Half Moon is a racing sailboat which sank in 1930 near Miami, Florida, United States. It is located outside Bear Cut off Key Biscayne. Originally christened Germania, the racing yacht was built by Krupp-Germania-Werft in 1908 in Kiel, Germany...
Lofthus
Lofthus (shipwreck)
The Lofthus is a Norwegian shipwreck near Boynton Beach, Florida, United States. Built in 1868 in Sunderland, England, the iron-hulled vessel was originally christened Cashmere and rigged as a three masted barque...
Vamar
Regina
Georges Valentine
Georges Valentine (shipwreck)
The Georges Valentine Shipwreck Site is an historic U.S. Italian barkentine shipwreck located off the coast of Hutchinson Island in Martin County, Florida, with the nearest landmark being the House of Refuge. The iron-hulled barque was built in Liverpool, England in 1869 by Bowdler Chaffer &...

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