Cottrell Key

Earlier name:

Courell Key

Related Terms:

Cayos Mulas

Geographic Location:

 

Located between Key West and the Marquesas Keys.

References:

 

Gerdes, in his "Reconnaissance of the Florida Reefs and All the Keys" (1849) states: "The key about 3 miles S.E. from the Lightship Key West is Cotterel's Key." U.S. Coast Survey chart of 1855 "Key West Harbor and its Approaches" shows Cotteral's Key. U.S. Coast Survey chart, Sketch F (1860) shows Cotteral's Key. On an Florida East Coast Railway map published prior to 1935, this appears as Courell Key.

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