Shark Key
Shark Key Shark Key | |
Geography | |
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Location | Gulf of Mexico |
Coordinates | 24°36′23″N 81°38′52″W / 24.606503°N 81.647859°WCoordinates: 24°36′23″N 81°38′52″W / 24.606503°N 81.647859°W |
Archipelago | Florida Keys |
Adjacent bodies of water | Florida Straits |
Administration | |
State | Florida |
County | Monroe |
Shark Key is an island in the lower Florida Keys about 7 miles east of Key West.
It is located north of, and connected to, U.S. 1 (or the Overseas Highway) at approximately mile marker 11.5, between the Saddlebunch Keys and Big Coppitt Key. It is part of the census-designated place of Big Coppitt Key, Florida.[1]
Its earlier name was Stark Key.
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Categories:
- Islands of Monroe County, Florida
- Unincorporated communities in Monroe County, Florida
- Suburbs of Key West
- Islands of the Florida Keys
- Islands of Florida
- Unincorporated communities in Florida
- Monroe County, Florida geography stubs