Boca Chica Key is an island in the lower

Florida Keys The Florida Keys are a coral island, coral cay archipelago 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 a ...

, about a mile () east of the island of

Key West Key West is an island in the Straits of Florida, at the southern end of 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 con ...

at its closest point. Its name is

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for "small mouth". It is mostly covered by

salt marsh A salt marsh, saltmarsh or salting, also known as a coastal salt marsh or a tidal marsh, is a coastal ecosystem in the upper coastal intertidal zone between land and open saltwater or brackish water that is regularly flooded by the tides. I ...

es and

mangrove A mangrove is a shrub or tree that grows mainly in coastal saline water, saline or brackish water. Mangroves grow in an equatorial climate, typically along coastlines and tidal rivers. They have particular adaptations to take in extra oxygen a ...

trees, and is the home of the largest Naval Air Station (

NAS Key West Naval Air Station Key West , is a naval air station and military airport located on Boca Chica Key, four miles (6 km) east of the central business district of Key West, Florida, United States., effective 2007-10-25 NAS Key West is an ai ...

) in south Florida. 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 built on the former right-of-way of the Overseas Railroad, the Key West Extension of the Florida East Coast Ra ...

, crosses the key at approximately mile markers 6.5—8, east of Key West., near the NAS and Boca Chica Beach (aka Geiger Beach) on Boca Chica Road.

Gallery

Florida - Boca Chica Key - NARA - 23936557 (cropped).jpg, Boca Chica Key, April 1940 File:Florida - Boca Chica Key - NARA - 23936559 (cropped).jpg, Boca Chica Key, April 1940

References

Islands of Monroe County, Florida Unincorporated communities in Monroe County, Florida Suburbs of Key West Beaches of Monroe County, Florida Landforms of Monroe County, Florida Wetlands of Florida Marshes of the United States Islands of the Florida Keys Beaches of Florida Unincorporated communities in Florida Islands of Florida {{monroeCountyFL-geo-stub