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{{Short description|Island in the lower Florida Keys, United States}} |
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| coordinates = {{Coord|24.591|-81.676|type:isle_region:US-FL|display=it}} |
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| country_admin_divisions_1 = [[Monroe County, Florida|Monroe]] |
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'''East Rockland Key''' is an island in the lower [[Florida Keys]] about {{convert|4|mi}} east of [[Key West]]. |
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It is located directly across the Overseas Highway from [[Rockland Key]]. |
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== Flora and fauna == |
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There is endangered population of [[marsh rabbit]]s ([[Sylvilagus palustris hefneri]]) <ref>Rosanna M. Tursi1, Phillip T. Hughes and Eric A. Hoffman ''[https://sciences.ucf.edu/biology/hoffman/wp-content/uploads/sites/98/2013/09/Tursi-et-al-2012.pdf Taxonomy versus phylogeny: evolutionary history of marsh rabbits without hopping to conclusions] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190605182021/https://sciences.ucf.edu/biology/hoffman/wp-content/uploads/sites/98/2013/09/Tursi-et-al-2012.pdf |date=2019-06-05 }}'' '''A Journal of Conservation Biogeography''' Diversity and Distributions, (Diversity Distrib.) (2012) 1–14</ref> on island. |
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==References== |
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{{Reflist}} |
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{{Florida Keys}} |
{{Florida Keys}} |
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[[Category:Islands of Monroe County, Florida]] |
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[[Category:Islands of the Florida Keys]] |
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[[Category:Islands of Florida]] |
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Latest revision as of 12:49, 21 February 2024
Geography | |
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Location | Gulf of Mexico |
Coordinates | 24°35′28″N 81°40′34″W / 24.591°N 81.676°W |
Archipelago | Florida Keys |
Adjacent to | Florida Straits |
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State | Florida |
County | Monroe |
East Rockland Key is an island in the lower Florida Keys about 4 miles (6.4 km) 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[edit]
There is endangered population of marsh rabbits (Sylvilagus palustris hefneri) [1] on island.
References[edit]
- ^ Rosanna M. Tursi1, Phillip T. Hughes and Eric A. Hoffman Taxonomy versus phylogeny: evolutionary history of marsh rabbits without hopping to conclusions Archived 2019-06-05 at the Wayback Machine A Journal of Conservation Biogeography Diversity and Distributions, (Diversity Distrib.) (2012) 1–14