Shark Key

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Shark Key
Geography
Aerial view of Shark Key, July 1988
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Location	Gulf of Mexico
Coordinates	24°36′23″N 81°38′52″W / 24.606503°N 81.647859°W / 24.606503; -81.647859
Archipelago	Florida Keys
Adjacent to	Florida Straits
Administration
United States
State	Florida
County	Monroe

Shark Key is an island in the lower Florida Keys about 7 miles (11 km) east of Key West.

It is located north of, and connected to, U.S. 1 (or the Overseas Highway) at approximately mile marker 11.5, between the Saddlebunch Keys and Big Coppitt Key. It is part of the census-designated place of Big Coppitt Key, Florida.^[1]

Its earlier name was Stark Key.

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