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Boca Chica Key is an island in the lower Florida Keys, about a mile (1.6 km) east of the island of Key West at its closest point. Its name is Spanish for "small mouth". It is mostly covered by salt marshes and mangrove trees, and is the home of the largest Naval Air Station (NAS Key West) in south Florida.
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 walked on.
Montage Hotels & Resorts continues to manage the hotel. [12] In early 2015, Montage Hotels announced plans for their first international resort hotel in Los Cabos, Mexico on the Santa Maria Bay [13] which officially opened in 2018. [14] In 2020, Montage purchased Matt Lowe Cay, an island in the Bahamas, with plans to build a resort. [15]
Just offshore of the Florida Keys along the edge of the Florida Straits is the Florida Reef (also known as the Florida Reef Tract), separated from the keys by the Hawk Channel. The Florida Reef extends 170 miles (270 km) from Fowey Rocks just east of Soldier Key to just south of the Marquesas Keys.
Key West in red on map is part of the Keys, with Monroe County in dark green on an inset map of the State of Florida. A more southern part of Key West Island exists and is publicly accessible: the beach area of Fort Zachary Taylor Historic State Park at approximately 24°32'42.2"N 81°48'34.5"W, and approximately 500 feet (150 m) farther south than the marker.
Spanish Harbor Key is an island in the lower Florida Keys. [1] U.S. 1 (the Overseas Highway) crosses the keys at approximately mile markers 35–36, between Bahia Honda Key and West Summerland Key. Originally, there were three keys at this location. They were connected by fills at the time the Overseas Railroad was built. The Keys were West ...
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.
East Rockland Key is an island in the lower Florida Keys about 4 miles (6.4 km) east of Key West. U.S. 1 (or the Overseas Highway) crosses the edge of the key at approximately mile markers 8–9.5, between Boca Chica Key and Big Coppitt Key. It is located directly across the Overseas Highway from Rockland Key.