East Rockland Key is an island in the lower
Florida Keys about east of
Key West.
U.S. 1 (or the
Overseas Highway
The Overseas Highway is a highway carrying U.S. Route 1 (US 1) through the Florida Keys to Key West. Large parts of it were built on the former right-of-way of the Overseas Railroad, the Key West Extension of the Florida East Coast Rail ...
) crosses the edge of the key at approximately mile markers 8–9.5, between
Boca Chica Key and
Big Coppitt Key.
It is located directly across the Overseas Highway from
Rockland Key
Rockland Key is an island in the lower Florida Keys about east of Key West.
U.S. 1 (the Overseas Highway
The Overseas Highway is a highway carrying U.S. Route 1 (US 1) through the Florida Keys to Key West. Large parts of it were ...
.
Flora and fauna
There is endangered population of
marsh rabbit
The marsh rabbit (''Sylvilagus palustris'') is a small cottontail rabbit found in marshes and swamps of coastal regions of the Eastern and Southern United States. It is a strong swimmer and found only near regions of water. It is similar in app ...
s (
Sylvilagus palustris hefneri)
[Rosanna M. Tursi1, Phillip T. Hughes and Eric A. Hoffman ]
Taxonomy versus phylogeny: evolutionary history of marsh rabbits without hopping to conclusions
' A Journal of Conservation Biogeography Diversity and Distributions, (Diversity Distrib.) (2012) 1–14 on island.
References
Islands of Monroe County, Florida
Islands of the Florida Keys
Islands of Florida
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