Black Caesar Rock is a small island north of the upper
Florida Keys
The Florida Keys are a coral island, 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 ...
in
Biscayne National Park. It is in
Miami-Dade County, Florida
Miami-Dade County is a county located in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Florida. The county had a population of 2,701,767 as of the 2020 census, making it the most populous county in Florida and the seventh-most populous county in ...
.
It is located in southern
Biscayne Bay
Biscayne Bay () is a lagoon with characteristics of an estuary located on the Atlantic coast of South Florida. The northern end of the lagoon is surrounded by the densely developed heart of the Miami metropolitan area while the southern end is la ...
, just north of
Old Rhodes Key and
Totten Key, just southeast off the southern tip of
Elliott Key
Elliott Key is the northernmost of the true Florida Keys (those 'keys' which are ancient coral reefs lifted above the present sea level), and the largest key north of Key Largo. It is located entirely within Biscayne National Park, in Miami-Dade ...
, and due south of
Adams Key. It is in the middle of Caesar Creek, the creek that separates Elliott and Old Rhodes Keys.
History
The island is named after
Black Caesar, a pirate. Munroe, writing in "The Commodore's Story" (1930) states: "Caesar's Rock a small island about the middle of the creek, was reputed to be the dwelling place and ship yard of the pirate (Black Caesar)." This is apparently the small key due north of Meig's Key. It is unnamed on current charts.
"Key Names" Florida Keys Gazetteer
References
Uninhabited islands of Miami-Dade County, Florida
Biscayne National Park
Islands of the Florida Keys
Islands of Florida
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