Tags: Lighthouse, Tower.
Sombrero Key Light is located near Key Vaca in Marathon Florida. The lighthouse is located on a mostly submerged reef. The name Sombrero Key goes back to the Spanish and old charts show a small island at the spot but by the later 19th Century the island had eroded away with some parts of the reef exposed at low tide. As a result the reef and the lighthouse have also been called Dry Banks.The lighthouse was put in service in 1858 automated in 1960 and is still in operation.
