Little Gasparilla Island is a

barrier island Barrier islands are coastal landforms and a type of dune system that are exceptionally flat or lumpy areas of sand that form by wave and tidal action parallel to the mainland coast. They usually occur in chains, consisting of anything from ...

in southwest

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, in Charlotte County. It is just north of

Gasparilla Island Gasparilla Island is a barrier island in southwest Florida, United States, straddling the border of Charlotte and Lee counties. Its largest town is Boca Grande, and it is the location of the Gasparilla Island State Park. The island has been an ...

, separated by Gasparilla Pass. It lies west of the town of Placida, separated by Placida Harbor. It is connected with Don Pedro Island to the north by a thin strip of

beach A beach is a landform alongside a body of water which consists of loose particles. The particles composing a beach are typically made from rock, such as sand, gravel, shingle, pebbles, etc., or biological sources, such as mollusc sh ...

and mangrove swamp. It borders the

Gulf of Mexico The Gulf of Mexico ( es, Golfo de México) is an ocean basin and a marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean, largely surrounded by the North American continent. It is bounded on the northeast, north and northwest by the Gulf Coast of the United ...

to the west. Little Gasparilla Island can be reached by water taxi from Placida.

External links

Little Gasparilla Island Advisory CommitteeLittle Gasparilla Property Owners' Association
Gulf Coast barrier islands of Florida Beaches of Florida Islands of Charlotte County, Florida Beaches of Charlotte County, Florida Islands of Florida {{CharlotteCountyFL-geo-stub