Palm Key

Palm Key is an island located in Florida Bay near latitude 25°7'N, and longitude 80°53'W, or about 3 miles (4.8 km) southeast of the town of Flamingo, Florida, United States. Naval charts show it to be a small oval-shaped island approximately 0.5 miles (0.80 km) in length. While it is now apparently uninhabited it was once inhabited by fishermen. It is mentioned in Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island.

Island in Monroe County, Florida

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Palm Key

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Geography
Location	Gulf of Mexico
Coordinates	25°05′34″N 80°52′47″W / 25.092773°N 80.879795°W / 25.092773; -80.879795
Archipelago	Florida Keys
Adjacent to	Florida Straits
Administration
United States
State	Florida
County	Monroe

Palm Key is an island located in Florida Bay near latitude 25°7'N, and longitude 80°53'W, or about 3 miles (4.8 km) southeast of the town of Flamingo, Florida, United States. Naval charts show it to be a small oval-shaped island approximately 0.5 miles (0.80 km) in length. While it is now apparently uninhabited it was once inhabited by fishermen. It is mentioned in Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island.^[1]

References

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1. ^ Louis Stevenson, Robert (1883). Treasure Island. Cassell. p. 49. ISBN 9781781124086. {{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)

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