Rock Key

Scope Note:

F.W. Gerdes, in his journal for the years 1848-49 states: "Rock Key is an island containing perhaps 3 or 4 acres of sandy surface, mixed with small rocky substances; it exists only since a year or two." Gerdes states at another point that Rock Key was formed by the 1846 hurricane.

Geographic Location:

Located between Sand Key and the Eastern Dry Rocks.

References:

So named on U.S. Coast Survey Chart of 1855. The U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey Chart #169 (1878) shows a dry key named Rock Key on the reef midway between Sand Key and the Eastern Dry Rocks. It is also shown on current charts.