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The service is a licensed National Park Service concessioner, [1] and the only provider of scheduled ferry access to the Dry Tortugas for a ten-year term through 2020. [2] Built by Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, the Yankee Freedom III catamaran is powered by twin Caterpillar, Inc. 3412 engines that give the ferry a maximum speed of 30 knots. [3]
Dry Tortugas National Park spans 100 square miles, 99% of which are water. It's a paradise for snorkeling and scuba diving. Spanish explorer Ponce de Leon came across the islands in 1513 and ...
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 .
In the Dry Tortugas: Lois Key: Monroe In the lower Florida Keys Long Key: Monroe In the middle Florida Keys Longboat Key: 16 square miles (41 km 2) Sarasota (part) Manatee (part) Barrier island Long Point Key: Monroe In the middle Florida Keys Lovers Key: Lee Barrier island Lower Matecumbe Key: Monroe In the upper Florida Keys Makinson Island ...
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The Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary protects approximately 2,900 square nautical miles (9,947 km 2; 3,840 sq mi) of coastal and ocean waters from the estuarine waters of South Florida along the Florida Keys archipelago and the Hawk Channel passage, encompassing more than 1,700 islands, out to the Dry Tortugas National Park, reaching into ...
Estero Bay Preserve State Park, the first aquatic nature preserve established in Florida, is a 10,000-acre (40 km 2) Florida State Park located near Estero, between Fort Myers and Naples. It consists of the water, inlets, and islands along 10 miles (16 km) of Estero Bay. Activities include fishing, and boating, bicycling, canoeing, and wildlife ...
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]