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The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a map. [1] There are 19 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county. This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted January 3, 2025.
Location: Miami-Dade, Monroe, & Collier counties, Florida, United States: Nearest city: Florida City Everglades City: Coordinates: 1]: Area: 1,508,976 acres (6,106.61 km 2) 1,508,243 acres (2,356.6 sq mi) federal [2]: Authorized: May 30, 1934; 90 years ago (): Visitors: 1,155,193 (in 2022) [3]: Governing body: National Park Service: Website: nps.gov /ever: UNESCO World Heritage Site. Type ...
Address Restricted: Everglades City: Part of the Archeological Resources of Everglades National Park MPS: 41: SAN FELIPE Shipwreck Site: August 11, 1994 : Address Restricted: Islamorada: Part of the 1733 Spanish Plate Fleet Shipwrecks MPS: 42: San Francisco Shipwreck Site: San Francisco Shipwreck Site: June 15, 2006
Everglades National Park spans more than 1.5 million acres of South Florida. Visitors may enter from Miami, Homestead or Everglades City, near Naples, by land, and should note that the park’s ...
Everglades National Park was designated in 1947 and sits at the southernmost portion of the state. A cloud bank grows over the Gulf of Mexico off an island in Everglades National Park off of ...
The West Indian manatee is the largest living member of the sirenians (order Sirenia), a group of large aquatic mammals that includes the dugong, other manatees, and the extinct Steller's sea cow. Manatees are herbivores , have developed vocal communication abilities, and are covered in highly sensitive whiskers (called vibrissae ) that are ...
In response to a record number of manatee deaths, biologists launched a supplemental feeding program along the Indian River Lagoon in 2021 to support the species during the winter months.
A skeleton of a manatee and calf, the Museum of Osteology, Oklahoma City Skull of a West Indian manatee, the Museum of Osteology, Oklahoma City Manatees weigh 400 to 550 kg (880 to 1,210 lb), and average 2.8 to 3.0 m (9 ft 2 in to 9 ft 10 in) in length, sometimes growing to 4.6 m (15 ft 1 in) and 1,775 kg (3,913 lb) and females tend to be ...