FJNHS - 5

Coordinates: N 24.627616° W 82.874367°
Location: Florida
   Monroe County
      Dry Tortugas Quad
Elevation: Unknown
Type: Survey Mark
Setting: Concrete Seawall
Monumented: 1978
Monumented By: Army Corps of Engineers
Status: Recovered
Condition: Good as of February 22, 2014
  • Official Army Corps of Engineers Description: Unavailable.
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This was one of two Army Corps of Engineers disks that we found while walking around the perimeter of Fort Jefferson. This one was found at the southwesternmost point, embedded in the concrete wall of the moat. The disk is in good condition. While documenting this mark, we spotted the fort’s resident crocodile (which we named Jefferson H. Crocodile III—Jeff, for short) swimming back and forth in the moat!