Dry Tortugas

Fort Jefferson on Garden Key.

The Dry Tortugas are a small group of islands. They are at the end of the Florida Keys, United States. They are about 113 kilometers (70 mi) west of Key West, and 60 km (37 mi) west of the Marquesas Keys, at 24°38′00″N, 82°55′12″W, the closest islands. Still farther west is the Tortugas Bank, which is now underwater. The islands were discovered in 1513 by Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León. They are an unincorporated area of Monroe County, Florida and belong to the Lower Keys Census County Division. With their surrounding waters they make up the Dry Tortugas National Park.

Dry Tortugas Media

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  An aerial view of Loggerhead Key

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  Bush Key (background) seen from Garden Key (foreground), with Long Key in the very back right

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  Brick archway in Fort Jefferson

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  Coral and various fish including a striped species known as a sergeant major

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  Dry Tortugas

Other websites

• Topographic and Floristic Change of the Dry Tortugas Keys, with description and areas of keys Archived 2016-01-07 at the Wayback Machine
• Dry Tortugas National Park by Park Vision Archived 2020-03-16 at the Wayback Machine A Photographic Guide to the Park.
• Dry Tortugas Satellite View Google Maps
• History and Ecology of Mangroves in the Dry Tortugas