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Boot Key
Geography
Looking north over Boot Key Harbor
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Location	Gulf of Mexico
Coordinates	24°41′46″N 81°06′07″W / 24.696°N 81.102°W / 24.696; -81.102
Archipelago	Florida Keys
Adjacent to	Florida Straits
Administration
United States
State	Florida
County	Monroe

Boot Key is an island in the middle Florida Keys located adjacent to Key Vaca. Boot Key is within the city limits of Marathon, Florida, United States. The island is largely undeveloped a draw bridge used to connect it to Marathon but the midsection that would raise has been removed Boot Key Harbor to Key Vaca, and it is now closed to pedestrian and vehicular traffic.

“Boot Key has been protected from development since 2011 by NOAA’s Coastal & Estuarine Land Conservation Program.”

Immediately adjacent to Boot Key is a 38-acre (15 ha) tract of land from which the United States Government broadcasts Radio Marti. These broadcasts consist of anti-communist news and information directed towards residents of Cuba, in an attempt to support opposition against the Cuban government.

A hawk watch is conducted every fall on Boot Key.

References

Zepke, T. (2017). Terrance Talk Travel: A Pocket Guide to the Florida Keys: Including The Everglades & Key West. Terrance Talks Travel. Safari Publishing. p. pt57. ISBN 978-1-942738-25-1. Retrieved September 7, 2017.
"Archived copy". Archived from the original on October 4, 2006. Retrieved July 21, 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
aquaventures. "Keys Less Traveled: Boot Key". flkeyskayak.com. Retrieved Sep 16, 2019.

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