Totten Key (Biscayne FP)

Totten Key (Biscayne FP)

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Totten Key (Biscayne FP)
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Description

Totten Key is an island north of the upper Florida
Keys in Biscayne National Park.

It is located in southern Biscayne
Bay, just west of Old Rhodes Key.
It was probably named for General James E. Totten who was Chief of
Engineers for the U.S. Army. In 1848, Totten was in charge of a survey of the Florida coast concentrating on Biscayne Bay.

2010/04/19
Update
Joëlle
Totten Key est une île au nord de la partie supérieure des Florida Keys dans le Parc national de Biscayne.
Elle est située dans le sud de la baie de Biscayne, à l'ouest de Old Rhodes Key.
Elle a probablement été nommée ainsi en mémoire du général James E. Totten qui était chef des ingénieurs de l'armée américaine. En 1848, Totten a été chargé d'une enquête sur la côte de la
Floride en se concentrant sur Biscayne Bay.
2012/04/16
Update
JB
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4.4nm
32°
Elliott Key is the northernmost of the true Florida
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Old Rhodes Key (Biscayne NP)

0.8nm
142°
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Keys in Biscayne National Park.It is located just north of Broad Creek in the lower part of Biscayne
Bay.
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Rubicon Keys (Biscayne NP)

0.9nm
15°
The Rubicon Keys are two small islands north of the upper Florida
Keys in Biscayne National Park.
They are located in southern Biscayne
Bay, just north of Old Rhodes Key and Totten
Key, and just east of the southern tip of Elliott
Key. They are on the south side of ...
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Porgy Key (Biscayne NP)

0.9nm
48°
Porgy Key is a small island north of the upper Florida
Keys in Biscayne National Park.
It is located in southern Biscayne
Bay, just north of Old Rhodes Key and Totten
Key, just southeast of the southern tip of Elliott
Key, and in between Old Rhodes and Reid
Keys. ...
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Reid Key (Biscayne NP)

0.9nm
31°
Reid Key is a small island north of the upper Florida
Keys in Biscayne National Park.
It is located in southern Biscayne
Bay, just north of Old Rhodes Key and Totten
Key, just east of the southern tip of Elliott
Key, and in between the Rubicon
Keys and Porgy Key. ...
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Caesar Creek anchorage (Biscayne NP)

1nm
26°
Located on the narrow stream lying off the southwesterly banks of Caesar Creek between Reid and Rubicon Keys.Minimum depth: 4' in entrance channel, must navigate an unmarked channel from Caesar Creek to reach anchorage, but 8' depth in the anchorage itself.
Good shelter.
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