Ohio Key
(Redirected from Sunshine Key)
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| Geography | |
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| Location | Gulf of Mexico |
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| Archipelago | Florida Keys |
| Adjacent to | Florida Straits |
| Administration | |
| State | Florida |
| County | Monroe |
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US 1 (or the Overseas Highway) crosses the Ohio Key at approximately mile marker 39, between Missouri Key and Bahia Honda Key. Today it is also known as Sunshine Key,[1] after a camping resort located there. The portion of the island south of U.S. Route 1 is protected as the Ohio Key National Wildlife Refuge.
Former name
[edit | edit source]It was once known as Little Duck Key, however the name Little Duck Key is currently used for a very small island about a mile (1.6 km) to the east that is the western terminus of the Seven Mile Bridge.
Flora and fauna
[edit | edit source]The oceanside area of Ohio Key has palm trees, buttonwood trees and mangrove trees, and bird watching occurs there.[2]
References
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