Sombrero Key

Earlier name:

Cayo Sombrero

Scope Note:

 

Site of the Sombrero Key Lighthouse, completed in 1858.

Geographic Location:

 

Located on the Florida Reef Tract, 3.5 miles due south of Boot Key.

References:

 

Both Gauld (1774) and Blunt (1846) charts show Cayo Sombrero. J.W. Norie, in his "Piloting Directions for the Gulf of Florida, the Bahama Bank, & Islands" (1828) states: "About 5 miles S. 1/4 E. from the west end of Cayo Vacas, there is a small sandy kay on the reef, called by the Spaniards Cayo Sombrero; this is the easternmost kay on the reef."

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