Fleming Key is an island off the northwest corner of the island of Key West, Florida in the lower Florida Keys. It is roughly 2 miles (3.2 km) long by a quarter mile wide. It is connected to the island of Key West by the Fleming Key Bridge. The island and bridge road are part of a section of the Key West Naval Air Station called Trumbo Point and are inaccessible to civilians without US Navy clearance.
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Fleming Key est une île située dans les Lower Keys, à l'angle N de Key West et relève administrativement du comté de Monroe. Elle fait 3,2 km de long. Elle est reliée à Key West par un pont (Fleming Key Bridge). L'île et la route sur le pont font partie de la Key West Naval Air Station appelée Trumbo Point et sont inaccessibles aux civils sans une autorisation de l'US Navy.
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 protected as part of the Key ...
Boca Chica Key is an island in the lower Florida Keys approximately 3 miles east of the island of Key West. Its name is Spanish for "small mouth", (not "girl mouth" as many assume, since chica used as an adjective in Spanish means small).It is mainly composed of salt marshes (mangroves) ...
Stock Island is an island in the lower Florida Keys immediately east of Key West (separated from Key West by Cow Key Channel, which is only about 75 yards (70 m) wide).Immediately northwest is Key Haven (official name Raccoon Key), from which it is connected by causeway with US 1 ...
Sigsbee Park, also known as Dredgers Key, is an island about a half mile north of Key West island. It is connected to the island of Key West by Sigsbee Road. The island and causeway are part of the Key West Naval Air Station. It is primarily used for Navy housing. It also includes ...
Garrison Bight Channel, well marked, leads from Man of War Harbor around the N end of Fleming Key, thence S for about 1.8 miles, thence E to Trumbo Point, thence into a turning basin just inside the entrance of Garrison Bight (depth: 8 feet in the turning basin).Anchorage is possible ...
The area of anchorage, in 14 feet minimum depth, is at Key West, at Chesapeake southern.Take care at the restrictive area located off the S, W, and N sides of Key West. A restricted area extends about 150 yards from the shoreline around Fleming Key.