Biscayne Island, Miami, Florida

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Viking Airport on Biscayne Island shortly after completion of the island, around 1927. Florida Photographic Collection

View of Biscayne Island in 2008

Biscayne Island is the westernmost of the Venetian Islands, a chain of artificial islands in Biscayne Bay in the city of Miami, Florida. Biscayne Island was once the site of Viking Airport. It is now home to apartment buildings, residential neighborhoods, and a toll plaza portion of the Venetian Causeway.