Palm Key
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Geography | |
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Location | Gulf of Mexico |
Coordinates | 25°05′34″N 80°52′47″W / 25.092773°N 80.879795°W |
Archipelago | Florida Keys |
Adjacent to | Florida Straits |
Administration | |
State | Florida |
County | Monroe |
Palm Key is an island located in Florida Bay near latitude 25°7'N, and longitude 80°53'W, or about 3 miles (4.8 km) southeast of the town of Flamingo, Florida, United States. Naval charts show it to be a small oval-shaped island approximately 0.5 miles (0.80 km) in length. While it is now apparently uninhabited it was once inhabited by fishermen. It is mentioned in Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island.[1]
References
- ^ Louis Stevenson, Robert (1883). Treasure Island. Cassell (publisher). p. 49. ISBN 9781781124086.
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