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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
In the Florida Keys Joe Ingram Key: 1.00 ha; 2.47 acres Monroe One of the Mule Keys in the lower Florida Keys Jupiter Island: 3.56 square miles (9.2 km 2) Martin (part) Palm Beach (part) Barrier island Keywaydin Island: Collier: Barrier island Key Biscayne: 5 square miles (13 km 2) Miami-Dade Barrier island Key Largo: Monroe In the upper ...
Pages in category "Islands of the Florida Keys" The following 86 pages are in this category, out of 86 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Adams Key;
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
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.
Big Coppitt Key is an island in Monroe County, Florida, United States, in the lower Florida Keys. [1] [2] The name is said to be a derivation of the old English word "coppice", meaning thicket. According to A.D. Bache, in the notes for his coast survey conducted in 1861, this key was the location of Happy Jack's plantation in 1855.
The islands are part of the Florida Keys, separated from the rest of the Florida Keys, which are farther east, by the Boca Grande Channel, which is 6 miles (9.7 km) wide until Boca Grande Key, the westernmost of the Mule Keys. Only the Dry Tortugas are farther west, 36 miles (58 km) west of the Marquesas Keys.
Elliott Key is the northernmost of the true Florida Keys (those 'keys' which are ancient coral reefs lifted above the present sea level), and the largest key north of Key Largo. [1] It is located entirely within Biscayne National Park , in Miami-Dade County, Florida , east of Homestead, Florida .
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