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Sanctuary Map. Situated just 16 miles off the coast of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, Monitor National Marine Sanctuary protects the shipwreck of the famed Civil War ironclad USS Monitor. The sanctuary is one nautical mile in diameter and reaches from the surface of the water to the ocean floor.
27 sie 2023 · Monitor National Marine Sanctuary was the first national marine sanctuary ever designated in the United States. It protects the wreck of the famed Civil War ironclad USS Monitor, and the sanctuary works with partners to honor and interpret it for the American people.
Dive 230 feet below the Atlantic Ocean off the North Carolina coast on one of our nation’s most historic shipwrecks, USS Monitor. This Civil War ironclad sank in 1862, and in 1975, it became the first national marine sanctuary – Monitor National Marine Sanctuary.
Waves as seen from the Weeks 526. Rough weather and severe currents have hampered operations, but work progresses. (photo: Monitor NMS)
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, [2] and is one of only two of the seventeen [3] national marine sanctuaries created to protect a cultural resource rather than a natural resource.
The USS Monitor was a civil war ironclad warship that sank in 1862. Sixteen lives were lost. It stayed there unseen and untouched for 100 years until it was rediscovered in 1973.
The Monitor National Marine Sanctuary, situated just 16 miles off the coast of Cape Hatteras, N.C, protects the shipwreck of the famed Civil War ironclad, USS Monitor. The Monitor sank on December 31, 1862 and was discovered by a team of researchers led by John G. Newton in 1973.
