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East Rockland Key
East Rockland Key is located in Florida
East Rockland Key
East Rockland Key
Location in Florida
East Rockland Key is located in Caribbean
East Rockland Key
East Rockland Key
Location in Caribbean
Geography
Location Gulf of Mexico
Coordinates 24°35′28″N 81°40′34″W / 24.591°N 81.676°W / 24.591; -81.676
Archipelago Florida Keys
Adjacent bodies of water Florida Straits
Administration
State Florida
County Monroe

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

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) on island.

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