Woman Key

Earlier name:

Double Kay

Related Terms:

Ballast Key

Geographic Location:

 

Located between Key West and the Marquesas Keys.

References:

 

Misnamed Man Key on U.S. Coast Survey charts of 1855 and 1868. This key and Ballast Key are named Double Kay on Blunt chart (1846). Gerdes, in his "Reconnaissance of the Florida Reefs and All the Keys" (1849) states: "Double Kay bears the name of Woman Key,"

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