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Bird Key (II)
Earlier name:
Booby Key
Broader Terms:
Dry Tortugas
Scope Note:
The island no longer exists, but modern charts show Bird Key Harbor and Bird Key Bank in the same location.
References:
A chart drawn for the U.S. Navy Department in 1829 shows Bird Key located to the southwest of Garden Key in the Dry Tortugas. Blunt Chart (1846) shows Booby Key. Both the above charts show the key located to the southwest of Garden Key.
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