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 {{Short description|Marine protected area off of Texas, US}}
 {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2021}}
-{{Infobox protected area
-| name            = Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary
-| photo           = Flower Gardens NMS map.jpg
-| photo_caption   = Map of Flower Garden Banks
-| location        = [[Gulf of Mexico]], [[United States]]
-| coordinates     = {{coord|27|55|N|93|43|W|region:US_type:landmark_dim:50000|display=title,inline}}<ref>{{cite web|title=GulfBase - Flower Garden Banks|url=http://www.gulfbase.org/reef/view.php?rid=fgb1|access-date=2011-12-29|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120125120635/http://www.gulfbase.org/reef/view.php?rid=fgb1|archive-date=2012-01-25}}</ref>
-| established     = {{plainlist|
-*{{start date and age|1992|1|17}}
-*Expanded October 11, 1996, and January&nbsp;19,&nbsp;2021
-}}
-| governing_body  = [[National Ocean Service|NOAA National Ocean Service]]
-| url             = http://flowergarden.noaa.gov
-| area_sqmi       = 160
-}}
 The '''Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary''' ('''FGBNMS''') is a [[United States National Marine Sanctuary]] located {{Convert|100|nmi|mi km|lk=in}} off of [[Galveston, Texas|Galveston]], [[Texas]], in the northwestern [[Gulf of Mexico]]. It contains the northernmost [[coral reef]]s in the United States.