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Sombrero Key Light is located offshore of Vaca Key in Marathon, Florida. [2] The lighthouse is located on a mostly submerged reef.The name Sombrero Key goes back to the Spanish, and old charts show a small island at the spot, but by the later 19th Century the island had eroded away, with some parts of the reef exposed at low tide.
Russia has split up the naval flotilla that docked in Havana earlier this week, sending its nuclear submarine back north to the Atlantic and the rest of its warships south, where they are expected ...
Sugarloaf Key is a single island in the lower Florida Keys that forms a loop on the Atlantic Ocean side, giving the illusion of separate islands. Although frequently referred to simply and with technical accuracy as "Sugarloaf Key", this island contains two distinct island communities, known as Lower Sugarloaf Key and Upper Sugarloaf Key .
Little Torch Key is an island in the lower Florida Keys. [1] [2] U.S. Route 1 (also known as the Overseas Highway), crosses the key at about mile markers 28–29. It is immediately preceded to the northeast by Big Pine Key, and is followed by Middle Torch Key to the southwest. [3] Little Torch Key is a small island 24 miles (39 km) from Key West.
READ MORE: Men o’ war are on South Florida beaches. What you need to know about treating the sting In this Feb. 20, 2003 file photo, Portuguese man-of-war were plentiful on Fort Lauderdale Beach.
Troubles on water near Nixon Beach. Perhaps one of the best-known incidents on the sandbar at Nixon Beach occurred on May 4, 2014, when a 42-foot promotional boat helmed by radio personality DJ ...
The U.S. Naval Station in Key West, Florida, United States is a historic district that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. It is a 12-acre (4.9 ha) district roughly bounded by Whitehead, Eaton, and Caroline Streets. It included 23 structures built during 1845–1923, one built in 1942, four fresh water cisterns and ...
It was originally a separate major installation known as Naval Station Key West and, until it closed in 1974, included a submarine base. President Harry S. Truman used Naval Station Key West as his Winter White House for a total of 175 days over 11 visits.