Everything about The Marquesas Keys totally explained
The
Marquesas Keys, not to be confused with the
Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia) in the
Pacific Ocean, form an uninhabited island group about 30 miles (50 km) west of
Key West, 4 miles (6 km) in diameter, and overgrown by
mangrove. They are an
unincorporated area of
Monroe County, Florida and belong to the Lower Keys
Census County Division. They are protected as part of the
Key West National Wildlife Refuge. The Marquesas were used for target practice by the military as recent as 1980.
The total area, including the
lagoon, measures 29.37 km². The land area, according to the
United States Census Bureau, is 6.58 km² (exactly 6,579,703 m²), the water area 0.17 km² (165,744 m²), with a combined area 6,75 km² (6,745,447 m²), whereby water areas with connection to the open sea are not counted, but only small landlocked lakes on the Keys. The group is located at coordinates .
The islands are part of the
Florida Keys, separated from the rest of the Florida Keys, which are further east, by the
Boca Grande Channel, which is 6 miles (10 km) wide until
Boca Grande Key, the westernmost of the
Mule Keys. Only the
Dry Tortugas are further west, 36 miles (60 km) west of the Marquesas Keys.
The central
lagoon is called
Mooney Harbor. The northernmost key is the largest and has a strip of sandy beach free of mangrove. In the past it was known as "Entrance Key". It surrounds the lagoon in the north and east. Adjoining in the south are smaller keys such as
Gull Keys,
Mooney Harbor Key, and finally about four unnamed keys in the southwest corner of the island. Older charts show that two of these keys once were named "Button Island" and "Round Island"
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Six miles (10 km) west of the Marquesas Keys is
Rebecca Shoal.
The islands are best known for their excellent
sport fishing.
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