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    Boca Chica Key

    24°34′N 81°41′W

    6 km) east of the island of Key West at its closest point. Its name is Spanish for "small mouth". It is mostly covered by salt marshes and mangrove trees, and is the home of the largest Naval Air Station (NAS Key West) in south Florida. S. a. Geiger Beach) on Boca Chica Road.

    Boca Chica Key

    Miguel Discart from Bruxelles, Belgique / CC BY-SA 2.0

    Terrain

    24°34′N 81°41′W

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    Boca Chica Key is an island in the lower Florida Keys, about a mile (1.6 km) east of the island of Key West at its closest point. Its name is Spanish for "small mouth". It is mostly covered by salt marshes and mangrove trees, and is the home of the largest Naval Air Station (NAS Key West) in south Florida. U.S. 1, the Overseas Highway, crosses the key at approximately mile markers 6.5—8, east of Key West., near the NAS and Boca Chica Beach (a.k.a. Geiger Beach) on Boca Chica Road.

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    Nearest islands

    Also in Lower Keys

    Also in Lower Keys

    Also in Florida Keys

    Also in Little Sandy Keys

    Also in Saddlebunch Keys

    • Cudjoe Key

      13.9 km²▲ 14 m

      Minor islands

    • Sugarloaf Key

      11.3 km²▲ 10 m

      Minor islands

    • Unnamed island

      5.1 km²▲ 11 m

      Minor islands

    • Unnamed island

      4.9 km²▲ 7 m

      Minor islands

    • Unnamed island

      3.2 km²▲ 8 m

      Minor islands

    • Unnamed island

      2.6 km²▲ 9 m

      Minor islands

    • Big Coppitt Key

      2.2 km²▲ 7 m

      Minor islands

    • Lower Sugarloaf Key

      1.7 km²▲ 7 m

      Minor islands

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    • Geometry, areas and high points: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Copernicus GLO-30, via Talus.
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