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Key Largo is an island in the Florida Keys archipelago and one of the largest of its islands. Key Largo is a popular tourist destination and calls itself the "Diving Capital of the World". Tourists enjoy Key Largo's scuba diving and sports-fishing. Key Largo’s proximity to the Everglades also makes it a premier destination for kayakers and ecotourists. Palm trees in Islamorada The Florida Keys is an archipelago or cluster of islands in the extreme southeast of the United States. ...
Early ideas of autonomous under-water systems appear in Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea Scuba diving is the use of independent breathing equipment to stay underwater for long periods of time for recreational diving and professional diving. ...
Fishing from a Pier Fishing is a term applied to any activity which aims to capture fish or shellfish for subsistence, scientific, commercial or recreational purposes. ...
An Anhinga perched on the boardwalk railing The Florida Everglades is a subtropical marshland located in the southern portion of the U.S. state of Florida, specifically in parts of Monroe, Collier, Palm Beach, Miami-Dade, and Broward counties. ...
A kayak is a type of small human-powered boat. ...
Ecotourism essentially means ecological tourism, where ecological has both environmental and social connotations. ...
Key Largo, Florida is the unofficial name of the community on this island. The community is not a city or municipality; it is an unincorporated part of Monroe County, Florida. Key Largo is a census-designated place and town located in Monroe County, Florida, located on an island of the same name in the upper Florida Keys. ...
Monroe County is a county located in the state of Florida. ...
Key Largo is the first of the Florida Keys islands reached from the mainland of Florida on the Overseas Highway, U.S. Highway 1, which meets Key Largo at Jewfish Creek. The highway runs southwest from Jewfish Creek to the end of the island at Tavernier Creek. The Matecumbe Keys toll booth on June 21, 1938. ...
Key Largo is sandwiched between the wilderness of the Everglades National Park to the north-west and the fish-covered coral formations of North America’s only living coral barrier reef to the east. Everglades National Park is a U.S. National Park which preserves the southern portion of the Everglades (all south of Tamiami Trail), but represents only 20 percent of the original wetland area. ...
World map showing location of North America A satellite composite image of North America North America is the third largest continent in area and fourth in population after Asia and Africa in area and population and Europe in population. ...
Key Largo is considered part of the "Upper Keys," the area that encompasses the communities of Key Largo, Tavernier, Plantation Key, and Islamorada.
External link
- Key Largo city website (http://www.fla-keys.com/keylargo/)
| (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Template:Florida_Keys&action=edit) | Florida Keys | | Upper keys | Key Largo, Islamorada, Tavernier, Plantation Key, Matecumbe Key | | Middle keys | Craig Key, Fiesta Key, Long Key, Conch Key, Duck Key, Grassy Key, Deer Key, Vaca Key, Marathon Key, Boot Key | | Lower keys | Bahia Honda, West Summerland Key, No Name Key, Big Pine Key, Torch Key, Little Torch Key, Ramrod Key, Summerland Key, Cudjoe Key, Sugarloaf Key, Saddlebunch Keys, Big Coppitt Key, Boca Chica, Key West | | Outlying islands | Dry Tortugas, Marquesas Keys | | Areas | Florida Bay, Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, National Key Deer Sanctuary, Biscayne Bay, Biscayne National Park | | Other topics | Overseas Highway, Overseas Railway, Seven Mile Bridge, Key Deer, Conch Republic, Monroe County, Hurricane Georges, 1935 Hurricane, Theater of the Sea | |
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