East Rockland Key
![]() ![]() East Rockland Key East Rockland Key | |
Geography | |
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Location | Gulf of Mexico |
Coordinates | 24°35′28″N 81°40′34″W / 24.591°N 81.676°WCoordinates: 24°35′28″N 81°40′34″W / 24.591°N 81.676°W |
Archipelago | Florida Keys |
Adjacent bodies of water | Florida Straits |
Administration | |
State | Florida |
County | Monroe |
East Rockland Key is an island in the lower Florida Keys about 4 miles 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.
Flora and fauna[]
There is endangered population of marsh rabbits (Sylvilagus palustris hefneri) [1] on island.
References[]
- ^ Rosanna M. Tursi1, Phillip T. Hughes and Eric A. Hoffman Taxonomy versus phylogeny: evolutionary history of marsh rabbits without hopping to conclusions A Journal of Conservation Biogeography Diversity and Distributions, (Diversity Distrib.) (2012) 1–14
Categories:
- Islands of Monroe County, Florida
- Islands of the Florida Keys
- Islands of Florida
- Monroe County, Florida geography stubs