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Other common species of hard coral found on the Florida Reef include Ivory Bush Coral (Oculina diffusa), which is the dominant coral in the patch reefs along the Florida coast north of the Florida Keys, staghorn coral (Acropora cervicornis), lettuce coral (Agaricia agaricites), grooved brain coral (Diploria labyrinthiformis), boulder star coral ...
State Road A1A (SR A1A) is a major north–south Florida State Road consisting of seven separate sections running a total of 338.752 miles (545.168 km) along the Atlantic Ocean, from Key West at the southern tip of Florida, to Fernandina Beach, just south of Georgia on Amelia Island. It is the main road through most oceanfront towns.
Fort Walton Beach: Fort Walton Beach: 53 21 WPAN: Silent Fort Walton Beach: Fort Walton Beach: 58 25 WAWD: Beach TV Gulf Coast Gainesville: Gainesville: 5 36 WUFT: PBS: Create/Florida Channel on 5.2, World on 5.3 Gainesville: Gainesville: 20 16 WCJB-TV: ABC: CW on 20.2, MeTV on 20.3, Circle on 20.4, True Crime Network on 20.5 Gainesville ...
Common species include nurse and hammerhead sharks, brain coral, snook, stingray, cleaner shrimp, reef crab, octopus, lobster, moray eel, parrotfish, angelfish, sergeant major, barracuda, Florida horse conch, and queen conch. Many of the same species that can be found throughout the rest of the Keys are also found here, and even species from ...
Grassy Key, Florida, is an island in the middle Florida Keys. [1] It is located on U.S. 1 (or the Overseas Highway), near mile markers 57—60, below the Conch Keys. It has an area of 3.65 km², with a population of 974 as of the census 2000. [2] It is one of the northernmost islands in a chain of islands that comprises the City of Marathon ...
Long Key is an island in the middle Florida Keys. Long Key was called Cayo Víbora (Rattlesnake Key) by early Spanish explorers, a reference to the shape of the island, which resembles a snake with its jaws open, rather than to its denizens. The city of Layton is located on Long Key.
Postcard showing Sarasota Art Association building in the 1940s. Art Center Sarasota is the community art center in Sarasota, Florida. [1] The Center includes four rotating exhibition galleries and a sculpture garden. It is member-funded and offers adult and youth classes, workshops, and programs.
At 345 feet (105 m) above mean sea level, Britton Hill in northern Walton County is the highest point in Florida and the lowest known highpoint of any U.S. state. [3] Much of the state south of Orlando is low-lying and fairly level; however, some places, such as Clearwater, feature vistas that rise 50 to 100 feet (15 to 30 m) above the water.