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The Key West National Wildlife Refuge is a 189,497 acre (766.867 km 2) National Wildlife Refuge located in Monroe County, Florida, between Key West, Florida and the Dry Tortugas. Only 2,019 acres (8.171 km 2) of land are above sea level, on several keys within the refuge.
A boat lists on its side in shallow water off Sugarloaf Key Thursday, Oct. 27, 2022. The boat is one of more than 100 displaced vessels resulting from Hurricane Ian, which passed by the Florida ...
Following Hurricane Hugo in 1989, Aquarius was taken to Wilmington, North Carolina, for repairs and refurbishment and was redeployed in the Florida Keys in 1993. Aquarius is located under 20 m (66 ft) of water at the base of a coral reef within the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary , an ideal site for studying the health of sensitive coral ...
Summerland Key is an island in the lower Florida Keys [2] about 20 miles (32 km) east of Key West; it contains an unincorporated community of Monroe County of the same name.. U.S. 1 (or the Overseas Highway) crosses the island at approximately mile markers 24–25.5, between Ramrod Key and Cudjoe Key.
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Ballast Key is an island in the Florida Keys in Monroe County, Florida, United States.It is the southernmost point of land in the contiguous United States.It was the last privately owned land within the boundaries of the Key West National Wildlife Refuge.
Helene is the first known Category 4 storm to hit Florida's Big Bend region since records began in 1851, according to Colorado State University senior hurricane scientist Phil Klotzbach.
The refuge is home to the endangered Key deer, a subspecies of the white-tailed deer that is endemic to the Florida Keys and has a current population of around 800 animals. 21 other threatened and endangered species of plants and animals are also found on the refuge.