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Orchid Island 23.86 square miles (61.8 km 2) Indian River (part) St. Lucie (part) Barrier island Ohio Key: Monroe In the lower Florida Keys Old Rhodes Key: Miami-Dade In the upper Florida Keys Palm Beach Island: 8.12 square miles (21.0 km 2) Palm Beach Barrier island Palm Island: Miami-Dade Artificial island in Biscayne Bay Palm Key: Monroe In ...
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.
The Sea Islands are a chain of over a hundred tidal and barrier islands on the Atlantic Ocean coast of the Southeastern United States, between the mouths of the Santee and St. Johns rivers along South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. The largest is Johns Island, South Carolina. Sapelo Island is home to the Gullah people.
The South Atlantic Bight is a bight in the United States coastline extending from Cape Hatteras, North Carolina to the Upper Florida Keys. [1] The Bight forms the western boundary of the Sargasso Sea and the Gulf Stream ocean current forms the eastern boundary of the ecosystem of the bight.
Pages in category "Populated coastal places in Florida on the Atlantic Ocean" The following 113 pages are in this category, out of 113 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Aerial view of Matanzas Inlet, Florida, between Flagler Beach and St. Augustine. Matanzas Inlet is a channel in Florida between two barrier islands and the mainland, connecting the Atlantic Ocean and the south end of the Matanzas River. It is 14 miles (23 km) south of St. Augustine, in the southern part of St. Johns County.
The region transitions into sandhill (75c) to the west, and features sandy beaches and Atlantic barrier islands on the eastern side. Compared to the Southwestern Florida Flatwoods (75b), this region has relatively more wetland soil and open water, and less xeric upland sands and mining/post-mining soils. [ 7 ]
The U.S. Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway goes through Florida Bay, generally following the southern boundary of the Everglades National Park. [10] Florida Bay is a Marine protected area designated as a "Particularly Sensitive Sea Area" by the International Maritime Organization in 2002. [48]