Dismal Key
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Dismal Key is a small island, part of the Ten Thousand Islands archipelago in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Florida. It is located at 81 degrees plus 33 minutes of longitude West, and 25 degrees plus 53 minutes of latitude north. It lacks a permanent source of fresh water, which is available only by being imported, collected from rainfall, or extracted from the local cacti. In Precolumbian times it was inhabited by members of the Calusa nation, highly skilled as fishers, artisans and traders. A huge mount of oyster shells, 15 feet high, remains as a monument to the Calusa. In recent times, Dismal Key has no permanent human habitation - only the occasional hermits, poachers, smugglers and tourists.
Dismal Key is the locale for the novel Nature Girl (2006) by Carl Hiaasen.
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- A map from the Florida HomeTownLocator
- Hermits from the Mangrove Country of the Everglades (about Eardley Foster Atkinson and Al Seely)
