What is the mystery structure in Daytona Beach?

– Mysterious debris revealed in the wake of Hurricane Nicole in Daytona Beach Shores could be a ship from the 19th century. Archaeologists with the state uncovered about 20 feet of what appears to be a cargo vessel or merchant ship, the equivalent of a semitruck, on Tuesday.



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– Archaeologists said Tuesday that debris that appeared on a beach in Florida after Hurricane Nicole last month is likely a shipwreck from the 19th Century. According to FOX 35 Orlando, the debris was discovered a couple of weeks ago in Daytona Beach Shores after part of the beach washed away during Hurricane Nicole.

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Augustine Lighthouse & Maritime Museum. A contingent of Florida-based archaeologists have officially identified a mysterious, 100-foot long wooden structure recently exposed by hurricane-related beach erosion as the wreckage of a 19th-century cargo ship.

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Shell fragments, fossils and organic matter give beaches different colors. Ormond Beach and Daytona Beach have patches of sand look quite orange. It isn't the sand that is orange but the coquina shell fragments that have absorbed the rusty color of iron oxide.

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Sargassum is a species of large brown seaweed, a type of macroalgae that floats in large masses. On some beaches in Florida, the blobs of crunchy, dry, brown stinky seaweed are fairly large. In one of our photo galleries below, you'll see a small mountain of sargassum seaweed, and a black dog posing next to it.

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The blob, known as the great Atlantic Sargassum belt, shrank in the Gulf of Mexico by 75 percent last month, scientists said. For months, Florida's usually picturesque coast was plagued by a rotting tangle of seaweed, known as sargassum.

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The name is most commonly used to refer to a relatively quiet, undeveloped and largely uninhabited section of coastline stretching from Mexico Beach on the Gulf of Mexico to St. Marks on Apalachee Bay in the U.S. state of Florida.

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Buried 19th-century shipwreck likely uncovered by hurricanes on Florida beach. The wreckage was unearthed in Daytona Beach Shores on Florida's east coast. The wreckage was discovered after Hurricanes Nicole and Ian caused beach erosion in the area.

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Some speculate it's an old long boat or shipwreck. Others believe it is a dock or pier that went down perhaps in past storms. Whatever it is, according to beach safety, it's been buried there for decades.

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excavation, or by heavy pedestrian traffic. All pedestrian access to the beach must be via vehicle access ramps or elevated dune crossovers. Removal of beach sand from the beach is prohibited.

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Whitehaven Beach, Whitsunday Island, Australia Whitehaven Beach is consistently ranked as the world's best beach, and with good reason: It's almost surreally beautiful. Besides its crystal clear waters, it's known for its white sand, consisting of 98% pure silica which gives it a bright white color.

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“The whole idea of this particular restaurant was to revitalize this segment of Daytona Beach,” explained Chuck Duva, the owner of Beaches. What used to be an old gas station has been transformed into a multi-use building that houses a restaurant with live entertainment, a car wash and a liquor store.

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