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Figure 14 John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park, showing points of interest on the reef tract: 1) Molasses Reef is toured by the Park's glassbottomed boat; 2) White Banks Dry Rocks, with 5 to 15 feet of water, is a good reef to snorkel; 3) French Reef has underwater caves, cliffs, and canyons; 4) the Benwood Wreck, the hull of a World War II freighter that was torpedoed by a German sub; 5) Garret's Reef and the Cannon Patch, less than 10 feet under water, has several coral encrusted cannon; 6) Grecian Rocks, an easy reef to snorkel, averaging about six-feet deep; 7) Key Largo Dry Rocks has a nine-feet tall bronze statue, "Christ of the Deep," in water less than 20-feet deep; 8) The Elbow has several ship wrecks and shallow water for diving; 9) Carysfort Reef, with depths from five to 40 feet, and Carysfort Reef Light Station, built in 1882, provides some of the best diving conditions in the Keys. Map compiled from NOAA Nautical Chart 11451, U.S. Geological Survey topographic maps, and park information guides.