Boot Key: Difference between revisions

Browse history interactively ← Previous edit Next edit →Content deleted Content addedVisual WikitextInline

Revision as of 22:44, 14 January 2018 editHmains (talk \| contribs)Autopatrolled, Extended confirmed users, Pending changes reviewers1,214,060 editsm add/change/refine category; MOS fixes; all included cat using AWB ← Previous edit		Revision as of 14:20, 19 December 2018 edit undo2601:585:c100:5bd0:50eb:fb76:9695:3a9b (talk) clarified radio marti passageTags: Mobile edit Mobile app edit iOS app editNext edit →
Line 3:		Line 3:
	'''Boot Key''' is an island in the middle ]<ref>{{cite book \| last=Zepke \| first=T. \| title=Terrance Talk Travel: A Pocket Guide to the Florida Keys: Including The Everglades & Key West \| publisher=Safari Publishing \| series=Terrance Talks Travel \| year=2017 \| isbn=978-1-942738-25-1 \| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kHMqDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT57 \| access-date=September 7, 2017 \| page=pt57}}</ref> located adjacent to ]. Boot Key is within the city limits of ], ]. The island is largely undeveloped despite having a bridge spanning ] to Key Vaca, which is now closed to pedestrian and vehicular traffic.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.ci.marathon.fl.us/index.asp?nid%3D46 \|title=Archived copy \|accessdate=July 21, 2008 \|deadurl=yes \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061004032450/http://ci.marathon.fl.us/index.asp?NID=46 \|archivedate=October 4, 2006 }}</ref>		'''Boot Key''' is an island in the middle ]<ref>{{cite book \| last=Zepke \| first=T. \| title=Terrance Talk Travel: A Pocket Guide to the Florida Keys: Including The Everglades & Key West \| publisher=Safari Publishing \| series=Terrance Talks Travel \| year=2017 \| isbn=978-1-942738-25-1 \| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kHMqDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT57 \| access-date=September 7, 2017 \| page=pt57}}</ref> located adjacent to ]. Boot Key is within the city limits of ], ]. The island is largely undeveloped despite having a bridge spanning ] to Key Vaca, which is now closed to pedestrian and vehicular traffic.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.ci.marathon.fl.us/index.asp?nid%3D46 \|title=Archived copy \|accessdate=July 21, 2008 \|deadurl=yes \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061004032450/http://ci.marathon.fl.us/index.asp?NID=46 \|archivedate=October 4, 2006 }}</ref>

	Immediately adjacent to Boot Key is a {{convert\|38\|acre\|m2\|adj=on}} tract of land from which the United States Government broadcasts ].<ref>{{dead link\|date=April 2016}}</ref> These broadcasts consist of ~~news~~ ~~and~~ ~~cultural~~ ~~information intended for~~ residents of ].<ref>{{failed verification\|date=April 2016}}</ref>		Immediately adjacent to Boot Key is a {{convert\|38\|acre\|m2\|adj=on}} tract of land from which the United States Government broadcasts ].<ref>{{dead link\|date=April 2016}}</ref> These broadcasts consist of anti-communist propaganda directed towards residents of ], in an attempt to incite a revolt against the Cuban government. <ref>{{failed verification\|date=April 2016}}</ref>

	A ] is conducted every fall on Boot Key.		A ] is conducted every fall on Boot Key.

Revision as of 14:20, 19 December 2018

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 despite having a bridge spanning Boot Key Harbor to Key Vaca, which is now closed to pedestrian and vehicular traffic.

Immediately adjacent to Boot Key is a 38-acre (150,000 m) tract of land from which the United States Government broadcasts Radio Marti. These broadcasts consist of anti-communist propaganda directed towards residents of Cuba, in an attempt to incite a revolt against the Cuban government.

A hawkwatch 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}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

v t e Florida Keys
Biscayne National Park	Soldier Ragged Boca Chita Sands Elliott Adams Caesar's Rock Meig's Rubicon Reid Porgy Totten Old Rhodes Islandia
Upper keys	Key Largo Island CDP North Tavernier Plantation Island former CDP Windley Upper Matecumbe Tea Table Indian Lignumvitae Lower Matecumbe Islamorada
Middle keys	Craig Fiesta Long Layton Conch Little Duck Key Island CDP Grassy Crawl Little Long Point Fat Deer Vaca Marathon Key Colony Beach Boot Knights
Lower keys	Pigeon Money Little Duck Missouri Ohio Sunshine Bahia Honda Spanish Harbor Scout (West Summerland) No Name Big Pine Torch Little Middle Big Ramrod Summerland Knockemdown Cudjoe Sugarloaf Park Lower Sugarloaf Saddlebunch Shark Geiger Big Coppitt Island CDP East Rockland Rockland Boca Chica Raccoon Stock Island Island CDP Key West Sigsbee Fleming Sunset Wisteria
Outlying islands	Mule Keys Mule Crawfish Archer Joe Ingram Big Mullet Barracouta Cottrell Man Little Mullet Ballast Woman Boca Grande Marquesas Keys Dry Tortugas Loggerhead Key Tortugas Banks (submerged)
Areas	Florida Bay Dry Tortugas National Park Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary National Key Deer Refuge John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park Biscayne Bay Biscayne National Park Key West National Wildlife Refuge Great White Heron National Wildlife Refuge Crocodile Lake National Wildlife Refuge Florida Reef
Other topics	Monroe County Conch Republic Overseas Highway Overseas Railroad Card Sound Bridge Jewfish Creek Bridge Seven Mile Bridge Bahia Honda Rail Bridge Fort Jefferson Theater of the Sea 1935 Labor Day hurricane Hurricane Wilma Hurricane Irma Key Deer Key lime pie Florida Keys Keynoter Key West Citizen

24°41′46″N 81°06′07″W / 24.696°N 81.102°W / 24.696; -81.102

This Monroe County, Florida location article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories: