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East Rockland Key is an island in the lower Florida Keys about 4 miles (6.4 km) east of Key West.

East Rockland Key
Geography
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Location	Gulf of Mexico
Coordinates	24.591°N 81.676°W / 24.591; -81.676
Archipelago	Florida Keys
Adjacent to	Florida Straits
Administration
United States
State	Florida
County	Monroe

U.S. 1 (or the Overseas Highway) crosses the edge of the key at approximately mile markers 8–9.5, between Boca Chica Key and Big Coppitt Key.

It is located directly across the Overseas Highway from Rockland Key.

Flora and fauna

There is endangered population of marsh rabbits (Sylvilagus palustris hefneri) [1] on island.

References

Rosanna M. Tursi1, Phillip T. Hughes and Eric A. Hoffman Taxonomy versus phylogeny: evolutionary history of marsh rabbits without hopping to conclusions A Journal of Conservation Biogeography Diversity and Distributions, (Diversity Distrib.) (2012) 1–14

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East Rockland Key est une île des Keys, archipel des États-Unis d'Amérique situé dans l'océan Atlantique au sud de la péninsule de Floride. Elle est située dans les Lower Keys et relève administrativement du comté de Monroe.

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