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Long-tail boats in Poda island, Krabi, Thailand. The long-tail boat ( Thai : เรือหางยาว , RTGS : ruea hang yao , [ 1 ] pronounced [rɯ̄ːa̯ hǎːŋ jāːw] ) is a type of watercraft native to Southeast Asia that uses a common automotive engine as a readily available and maintainable powerplant. [ 2 ]
The keys are scattered between Lower Sugarloaf Key and Shark Key. U.S. 1 (or the Overseas Highway ) crosses some of the Saddlebunches at mile markers 11.5—15. Just east of Big Coppitt Key and Shark Key , and west of Sugarloaf Shores , is the small community of Bay Point that has fewer than 500 residents, a county park, and two stores.
Several types of palms are native to the Florida Keys, including the Florida thatch palm (Thrinax radiata), which grows to its greatest size in Florida on the islands of the Keys. The Keys are also home to unique animal species, including the American crocodile , Key deer (protected by the National Key Deer Refuge ), and the Key Largo woodrat .
One vessel found at the Historic Seaport today is the Western Union, a schooner built in 1939 and the last surviving authentic working tall ship from Florida. It is the flagship of the state of Florida and the city of Key West. [10] The historic seaport is home to a number of large artworks, including by artists Robert Wyland and Ryan Stimers ...
No Name Key is the name of an island in the lower Florida Keys in the United States. [1] It is 3 miles (4.8 km) from US 1 and sparsely populated, with only 43 homes. It is only about 1,140 acres (460 hectares) [2] in comparison to its larger neighbor, Big Pine Key, which lies about half a mile (800 m) to its west.
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.
Lower Matecumbe Key is an island in the upper Florida Keys, United States, located on U.S. 1 between mile markers 75–78. All of the key is within the Village of Islamorada as of November 4, 1997, when it was incorporated. It is home to the main base of the Florida National High Adventure Sea Base.
Indian Key Historic State Park is an island within the Florida State Park system, located just a few hundred yards southeast of U.S. 1 within the Florida Keys off of the Hawk Channel passage. The island was home to the town of Indian Key, Florida, in the middle of the 19th century but is now an uninhabited ghost town. [2]