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Concrete buoy near the "
Southernmost point in the continental United States" located in
Key West, Florida, at the corner of South Street and Whitehead Street.
The Southernmost point in the continental United States is claimed to be located in Key West, Florida, at the corner of South Street and Whitehead Street.
The claim is not accurate. Since Key West is an island, it cannot contain the Southernmost point in the continental United States by definition. This point lies about 10 miles west southwest of Flamingo, Florida in the Everglades National Park.[1]
Florida's southernmost point is Ballast Key, a privately owned island just south and west of Key West. Signs on the island strictly prohibit unauthorized visitors.
In addition, the point isn't even the southernmost point on the island of Key West. Land on the Truman Annex property just west of the buoy is the true southernmost point on the island, but it has no marker since it is U.S. Navy land and cannot be entered by civilian tourists. Also, the private yards directly to the east of the buoy and the beach areas of Truman Annex and Fort Zachary Taylor Historic State Park all lie farther south than the buoy.
[edit] The southernmost point in the arts and popular culture
- A subplot of Robert Tacoma's second novel, Key Weirder(2005), involves an interstate dispute over where the true southernmost point is located, and therefore, where the monument should be placed.
[edit] References
- ^ [1] Google Maps Southernmost pont in the continental United States
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