The Wisconsin Shipwreck Coast National Marine Sanctuary is one of 15 United States National Marine Sanctuaries administered by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), an agency of the United States Department of Commerce; NOAA co-manages the sanctuary jointly with the State of Wisconsin. It is located in Lake Michigan along the coast of Wisconsin. It was created in 2021 to protect shipwrecks considered nationally important archaeological resources.
NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps Navigation Response Team officers speak with U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin and NOAA Administrator Dr. Rick Spinrad at the Wisconsin Maritime Museum in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, during the ceremony finalizing and celebrating the establishment of the Wisconsin Shipwreck Coast National Marine Sanctuary.
A University of Delaware graduate student launches an autonomous underwater vehicle in the Wisconsin Shipwreck Coast National Marine Sanctuary in the summer of 2021.
Still image of a photogrammetric model of the wreck of the schooner Northerner created from imagery taken by NOAA personnel in the Wisconsin Shipwreck Coast National Marine Sanctuary on June 11, 2022.
The schooner Northerner on May 6, 2010.
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A U.S. National Marine Sanctuary is a zone within United States waters where the marine environment enjoys special protection. The program was established in 1972 by the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act and is currently administered by the National Ocean Service through the National Marine Sanctuaries Act (NMSA).
