Sea Base
| Sea Base | |||
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| Previous name | Florida National High Adventure Sea Base | ||
| Owner | Scouting America | ||
| Location | Florida Keys | ||
| Country | United States | ||
| Coordinates | 24°51′05″N 80°44′18″W / 24.8515°N 80.7383°W | ||
| Founded | 1980 | ||
| Founder | Sam Wampler | ||
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| Website www | |||
Sea Base, formerly known as Florida National High Adventure Sea Base, is a high adventure base run by Scouting America in the Florida Keys. Its counterparts are Philmont Scout Ranch in northern New Mexico; Northern Tier in Ely, Minnesota, as well as Manitoba and Ontario in Canada; and Summit Bechtel Reserve near the New River Gorge National Park in southern West Virginia.
The main Sea Base is located in Islamorada, Florida, on the end of Lower Matecumbe Key. Other bases include the Brinton Environmental Center located on Summerland Key (which oversees Big Munson Island located 5.5 miles southeast of the center), the Bahamas Sea Base in Marsh Harbour, Abaco, Bahamas, and the U.S. Virgin Islands Sea Base in St. Thomas.