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Man Key is an island in the Florida Keys in Monroe County, Florida, United States. It is within the boundaries of the Key West National Wildlife Refuge. Located in the Outlying Islands of the Florida Keys, it is in the southern Mule Keys that are 9 miles (15 km) west of Key West. [1] It is composed of three separate islets.
In the middle Florida Keys Lovers Key: Lee Barrier island Lower Matecumbe Key: Monroe In the upper Florida Keys Makinson Island: Osceola: In Lake Tohopekaliga: Man Key: 35.9 ha; 88.7 acres Monroe One of the Mule Keys in the lower Florida Keys Manasota Key: 3.089 square miles (8.00 km 2) Charlotte (part) Sarasota (part) Barrier island Marco Island
On nautical maps, the Mule Keys appear like an atoll of 11 miles (18 km) length east–west, and 6 miles (9.7 km) width north–south (covering a sea area of roughly 58 sq mi (150 km 2), with Mule Key, Crawfish Key, Man Key, Ballast Key, Woman Key and Boca Grande Key along the southern rim (from east to west), and Cottrell Key in the north.
The Florida Keys are a string of exposed areas from an ancient coral reef. A "key," from the Spanish word "cayo," meaning small island, is just that: a small, low-elevation coral island.
The warm and sunny winter climate, with average highs around 75 °F (24 °C) and lows above 60 °F (16 °C), is the main tourist season in the Florida Keys. Key West is the driest city in Florida, and most of the Florida Keys can become quite dry at the height of the dry season.
In this photo provided by the Florida Keys News Bureau, diving explorer and medical researcher Dr. Joseph Dituri peers out of a large porthole, Saturday, May 13, 2023, at Jules' Undersea Lodge ...
A Key West man won $1 million playing a Florida Lottery scratch-off game. Qiriako Kaci, 57, of Key West, claimed a $1 million prize playing the $1 Million A Year For Life Spectacular scratch-off game.
Since then, the term "Conch Republic" has been expanded to refer to "all of the Florida Keys, or, that geographic apportionment of land that falls within the legally defined boundaries of Monroe County, Florida, northward to 'Skeeter's Last Chance Saloon' in Florida City, Dade County, Florida, with Key West as the micronation's capital and all ...