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In the lower Florida Keys Old Rhodes Key: Miami-Dade In the upper Florida Keys Palm Beach Island: 8.12 square miles (21.0 km 2) Palm Beach Barrier island Palm Island: Miami-Dade Artificial island in Biscayne Bay Palm Key: Monroe In Florida Bay: Paradise Island: Osceola In Lake Tohopekaliga Park Key: 70 acres (28 ha) Monroe In the lower Florida ...
U.S. Highway 1, the "Overseas Highway", runs over most of the inhabited islands of the Florida Keys. The islands are listed in order from southwest to north. Mile markers are listed for keys that the Overseas Highway runs across or near: [24] Dry Tortugas; Loggerhead Key; Marquesas Keys; Sunset Key; Wisteria Island; Key West (MM 0–4) Fleming Key
This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:Islands of Florida. It includes Islands that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. Subcategories
The Molasses Keys are a small group of islands in the Florida Keys. Located a quarter mile south of the Seven Mile Bridge, 4 miles west of Marathon, and a mile and a half east of Money Key, [1] it is a frequented boating and camping spot. There are four islands, three are always above water, two of which are able to be
Geiger Key is an island in the lower Florida Keys about 5 miles (8 km) east of Key West. It is located to the south of, and bridged to, Big Coppitt Key via Boca Chica Road (County Road 941) at about mile marker 11 on U.S. 1 (or the Overseas Highway). It has the small trailer park community of Tamarac, Geiger Key Pub & Grill and Geiger Key Marina.
Barrier islands stretch for 1,200 kilometres (750 miles) along the coast of Florida, with an area of 1,630 square kilometres (630 sq mi). As of 2000, about 700,000 people lived on barrier islands in Florida. [1] All but three of the other island municipalities in Florida are in the Florida Keys, or on artificial islands in Biscayne Bay.
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.
The Torch Keys are three islands in the lower Florida Keys, consisting of Little Torch Key, Middle Torch Key, and Big Torch Key. Little Torch Key is the most populated of the three. The islands were named for their forests of Sea Torchwood (Amyris elemifera), which are effective as kindling even when green. [1]