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In the middle Florida Keys Grove Isle: 20 acres (8.1 ha) Miami-Dade Artificial island in Biscayne Bay Hibiscus Island: Miami-Dade Artificial island in Biscayne Bay Honeymoon Island: 385 acres (156 ha) Pinellas Barrier island Hontoon Island: 1,648 acres (667 ha) Volusia In St. Johns River Hutchinson Island: 23.86 square miles (61.8 km 2) Martin ...
At 345 feet (105 m) above mean sea level, Britton Hill in northern Walton County is the highest point in Florida and the lowest known highpoint of any U.S. state. [3] Much of the state south of Orlando is low-lying and fairly level; however, some places, such as Clearwater, feature vistas that rise 50 to 100 feet (15 to 30 m) above the water.
The peninsular coast of the US state of Florida is formed from contact with three main large bodies of water: the open Atlantic Ocean to the east, the Caribbean Sea to the south, and the Gulf of Mexico to the West (making part of the larger Gulf Coast of the United States).
The Rivers and Harbors Act of 1909 set national policy for an intracoastal waterway from Boston to the Rio Grande, [5] and the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1910 authorized a 9-by-100-foot (2.7 m × 30.5 m) channel on the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway between the Apalachicola River and St. Andrews Bay, Florida (completed in 1936), as well as a study ...
The Sea Islands are a chain of over a hundred tidal and barrier islands on the Atlantic Ocean coast of the Southeastern United States, between the mouths of the Santee and St. Johns rivers along South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. The largest is Johns Island, South Carolina. Sapelo Island is home to the Gullah people.
The U.S. Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway goes through Florida Bay, generally following the southern boundary of the Everglades National Park. [10] Florida Bay is a Marine protected area designated as a "Particularly Sensitive Sea Area" by the International Maritime Organization in 2002. [48]
The Town of Indialantic is a 1 by 1 mile (1.6 by 1.6 km) community. The areas mentioned below are not in town but share a ZIP code with Indialantic. This area starts with the town of Indialantic on the south and lies between the Atlantic Ocean and the Indian River, extending north just short of the Eau Gallie Causeway . It includes mostly ...
Pages in category "Populated coastal places in Florida on the Atlantic Ocean" The following 113 pages are in this category, out of 113 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .