The Torch Keys are three islands in the lower

Florida Keys The Florida Keys are a coral cay archipelago located off the southern coast of Florida, forming the southernmost part of the continental United States. They begin at the southeastern coast of the Florida peninsula, about south of Miami, and e ...

, consisting of

Little Torch Key Little Torch Key is an island in the lower Florida Keys. U.S. Route 1 (also known as the Overseas Highway), crosses the key at about mile markers 28–29. It is immediately preceded to the northeast by Big Pine Key, and is followed by Middle ...

, Middle Torch Key, and

Big Torch Key Big Torch Key is an island in the lower Florida Keys. It is located to the north of Middle Torch Key, connected to it via a causeway. It is named for the Sea Torchwood (''Amyris elemifera ''Amyris elemifera'' is a species of flowering plant i ...

. Little Torch Key is the most populated of the three. The islands were named for their forests of Sea Torchwood ('' Amyris elemifera''), which are effective as kindling even when green. The Torch Keys are located just west of

Big Pine Key Big or BIG may refer to: * Big, of great size or degree Film and television * ''Big'' (film), a 1988 fantasy-comedy film starring Tom Hanks * '' Big!'', a Discovery Channel television show * ''Richard Hammond's Big'', a television show present ...

, or about east of

Key West Key West ( es, Cayo Hueso) is an island in the Straits of Florida, within the U.S. state of Florida. Together with all or parts of the separate islands of Dredgers Key, Fleming Key, Sunset Key, and the northern part of Stock Island, it cons ...

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Islands of the Florida Keys Islands of Monroe County, Florida Islands of Florida {{monroeCountyFL-geo-stub