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Dry Tortugas National Park is a national park of the United States located about 68 miles (109 km) west of Key West in the Gulf of Mexico, in the United States.The park preserves Fort Jefferson and the several Dry Tortugas islands, the westernmost and most isolated of the Florida Keys.
Fort Jefferson is a former U.S. military coastal fortress in the Dry Tortugas National Park of Florida. It is the largest brick masonry structure in the Americas, [2] [3] covering 16 acres (6.5 ha) and made with over 16 million bricks. [4] Among United States forts, only Fort Monroe in Virginia and Fort Adams in Rhode Island are larger.
A basic map of Loggerhead Key An abandoned building on Loggerhead Key. Loggerhead Key is an uninhabited tropical island within the Dry Tortugas group of islands in the Gulf of Mexico. [3] At approximately 49 acres (19.8 hectares) in size, it is the largest island of the Dry Tortugas.
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U.S. researchers have concluded that the 17th-century remains of sunken British warship HMS Tyger rest below the surface in Dry Tortugas National Park.
The islands are part of the Florida Keys, separated from the rest of the Florida Keys, which are farther east, by the Boca Grande Channel, which is 6 miles (9.7 km) wide until Boca Grande Key, the westernmost of the Mule Keys. Only the Dry Tortugas are farther west, 36 miles (58 km) west of the Marquesas Keys.
The Everglades & Dry Tortugas Biosphere Reserve (established 1976) is a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve in Florida and the Gulf of Mexico. The 636,411 hectares (2,457.20 sq mi) reserve encompasses Everglades National Park and Dry Tortugas National Park, including historic Fort Jefferson and the seven Dry Tortugas islands. [1]