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{{Short description|Island of the upper Florida Keys in Biscayne National Park}} |
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[[File:Totten Key.jpg|thumb|right|Totten Key]] |
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'''Totten Key''' is an island of the upper [[Florida Keys]] in [[Biscayne National Park]]. It is in [[Miami-Dade County, Florida]]. |
'''Totten Key''' is an island of the upper [[Florida Keys]] in [[Biscayne National Park]]. It is in [[Miami-Dade County, Florida]]. |
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==History== |
==History== |
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It was probably named for General |
It was probably named for General [[Joseph Totten]] who was [[Chief of Engineers]] for the U.S. Army. In 1848, Totten was in charge of a survey of the Florida coast concentrating on Biscayne Bay, with [[Robert E. Lee]] as a subordinate. |
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U.S. Coast Survey chart #68, Florida Reefs, Key Biscayne to Carysfort Reef (1858) has Totten's Key.<ref>[http://keys.fiu.edu/gazetteer/00000636.htm "Key Names" Florida Keys Gazetteer]</ref> |
U.S. Coast Survey chart #68, Florida Reefs, Key Biscayne to Carysfort Reef (1858) has Totten's Key.<ref>[http://keys.fiu.edu/gazetteer/00000636.htm "Key Names" Florida Keys Gazetteer] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060903011529/http://keys.fiu.edu/gazetteer/00000636.htm |date=September 3, 2006 }}</ref> |
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==References== |
==References== |
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[[Category:Islands of Miami-Dade County, Florida]] |
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[[Category:Uninhabited islands of Miami-Dade County, Florida]] |
[[Category:Uninhabited islands of Miami-Dade County, Florida]] |
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[[Category:Biscayne National Park]] |
[[Category:Biscayne National Park]] |
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[[fr:Totten Key]] |
Latest revision as of 07:26, 16 June 2021
Geography | |
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Location | Atlantic Ocean |
Coordinates | 25°22′47″N 80°14′54″W / 25.3796°N 80.2484°W |
Administration | |
State | Florida |
County | Miami-Dade |
Totten Key is an island of the upper Florida Keys in Biscayne National Park. It is in Miami-Dade County, Florida.
It is located in southern Biscayne Bay, just west of Old Rhodes Key.
History
[edit]It was probably named for General Joseph Totten who was Chief of Engineers for the U.S. Army. In 1848, Totten was in charge of a survey of the Florida coast concentrating on Biscayne Bay, with Robert E. Lee as a subordinate.
U.S. Coast Survey chart #68, Florida Reefs, Key Biscayne to Carysfort Reef (1858) has Totten's Key.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ "Key Names" Florida Keys Gazetteer Archived September 3, 2006, at the Wayback Machine