Monitor National Marine Sanctuary (N.C.)
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- Still, W.N. Ironclad captains, 1988:cover (Monitor National Marine Sanctuary) t.p. (N.C.)
- U.S. Cong. House. Comm. on Resources. Subcom. on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife, and Oceans. Hearing on the U.S.S. Monitor National Marine Sanctuary, 1988:t.p. (U.S.S. Monitor National Marine Sanctuary) p. 2 (U.S.S. Monitor; ironclad warship; naval battle fought against Confederate ironclad Virginia, March 9, 1862; 1973, Monitor discovered 16 miles off coast of Cape Hatteras, N.C.; 1975, Congress declared site as first national marine sanctuary; a national historic landmark)
- Monitor National Marine Sanctuary home p., via National Marine Sanctuaries home p., at Natl. Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin. web site; accessed via Natl. Park Service web site, at Submerged Cultural Resources Unit, May 13, 1998(Monitor National Marine Sanctuary; designation as our nation's first marine sanctuary in 1975)
Monitor National Marine Sanctuary is the site of the wreck of the USS Monitor, one of the most famous shipwrecks in U.S. history. It was designated as the country's first national marine sanctuary on February 5, 1975, and is one of only two of the seventeen national marine sanctuaries created to protect a cultural resource rather than a natural resource. The sanctuary comprises a column of water 1 nautical mile (1.2 mi; 1.9 km) in diameter extending from the ocean’s surface to the seabed around the wreck of the American Civil War ironclad warship, which lies 16 nautical miles (18 mi; 30 km) south-southeast of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. Average water depth in the sanctuary is 230 feet (70 m). Since it sank in 1862, Monitor has become an artificial reef attracting numerous fish species, including amberjack, black sea bass, oyster toadfish, and great barracuda.
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