Das Klima erlaubt vielen importierten Pflanzen zu gedeihen. On June 14, 2008, the old bridge section leading to Pigeon Key was closed to fishing as well. Nördlich von Elliott Key gibt es mehrere Übergangsinseln, die sich aus Sand auf Resten des alten Korallenriffes gebildet haben. The storm also ended the 23-year run of the Overseas Railway; the damaged tracks were never rebuilt, and the Overseas Highway (U.S. Highway 1) replaced the railroad as the main transportation route from Miami to Key West.[3]. In den 1930er Jahren entdeckte der Taucher Art McKee die Reste der gesunkenen Flotte. The strongest hurricane to strike the U.S. made landfall near Islamorada in the Upper Keys on Labor Day, Monday, September 2, 1935. All keys north of Broad Creek are in Biscayne National Park and Miami-Dade County. Mean monthly maxima and minima (i.e. Es gibt zwei unterschiedliche Wetterperioden: Feucht, heiß und schwül von Juni bis Oktober und trockener und kühler von November bis Mai. Das Meer um die Keys herum ist Teil des Nationalen Wasserschutzgebietes Florida Keys. There have been 16 cases this year. Januar 1912 fuhr tatsächlich der erste Zug bis Key West. Die kältesten Monate von Dezember bis Februar bringen jedoch mit durchschnittlichen Tagestemperaturen von 24 °C immer noch größere Wärme als der Hochsommer in Deutschland (23 °C). Oceander Florida Keys Oceander Florida Keys Oceander Florida Keys Oceander Florida Keys Die golfballgroßen Früchte haben einen unverwechselbaren Duft. The Key deer is a subspecies of white-tailed deer which migrated to the Florida Keys from the mainland over a land bridge during the Wisconsin glaciation. Islamorada is, however, much more than sport fishing capital of the world. Ocala – Dunedin. [2] "Key" is derived from the Spanish word cayo, meaning small island. Die bekannteste der Brücken ist die „Seven Mile Bridge“. Aus diesem Kalksteinriff ragt Key Largo heraus. The Key Largo Woodrat is found only in the northern part of its namesake island, and is a focus of management activities in Crocodile Lake National Wildlife Refuge. Welcome to Oceander. März 2021 um 14:55 Uhr bearbeitet. Welcome to Deer Run on the Atlantic, a four-room boutique-style bed and breakfast on the more rural and rustic island of Big Pine Key. Despite this reconstruction, U.S. 1 was not widened on a large scale, and today most of the route consists of just two lanes. 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The most severe hurricane to hit the area was the Labor Day Hurricane of 1935, a Category 5 hurricane. [7] While the islands of the upper and middle keys form a long narrow arc, the islands of the lower keys are perpendicular to the line of that arc. There are two main "seasons" in the Florida Keys, a hot and wet season from June through October, and a dry season from November through April, that features little rainfall, sunny skies, and warm breezy conditions. The earliest known written reference to Key deer comes from the writings of Hernando de Escalante Fontaneda , a Spanish sailor shipwrecked in the Florida Keys and captured by Native Americans in the 1550s. Costly repairs, estimated to be as much as $34 million, were expected to begin in July 2008. They begin at the southeastern coast of the Florida peninsula, about 15 miles (24 km) south of Miami, and extend in a gentle arc south-southwest and then westward to Key West, the westernmost of the inhabited islands, and on to the uninhabited Dry Tortugas. Many of the original railroad and highway bridges remain today as pedestrian fishing piers. Viele einheimische Bäume sind sommergrün und verlieren ihre Blätter in dieser Zeit. One of the longest bridges when it was built, the Seven Mile Bridge connects Knight's Key (part of the city of Marathon in the Middle Keys) to Little Duck Key in the Lower Keys. edge of the Loop Current, past the Dry Tortugas and the Florida Keys, and up the southeast U.S. coastline as far north as the Carolinas (Ortner et al. [30], Coordinates: .mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}24°40′01″N 81°32′39″W / 24.66694°N 81.54417°W / 24.66694; -81.54417, Coral cay archipelago in Florida, United States of America, The Keys were formed near the edge of the Florida Platform. The northernmost island arising from the ancient reef formation is Elliott Key, in Biscayne National Park. Many celebrities maintain homes in the city, especially in the South beach area. This roadway, U.S. Highway 1, became the Overseas Highway that runs from Key Largo south to Key West. In response, many homes in the Keys are built on concrete stilts with the first floor being not legally habitable and enclosed by breakaway walls that are not strongly attached to the rest of the house. In 1935, new bridges were under construction to connect a highway through the entire Keys. (Knights, Vaca, Boot, Long Point, Crawl, and Grassy Keys, as well as most of Fat Deer Key, are incorporated in the city of Marathon. Man findet hier Ahorn, Kiefern und Eichen, die sich allerdings am südlichsten Rand ihres Vorkommens befinden, und tropische Hölzer wie Mahagoni, Bursera, Eugenien und viele andere, die sonst nur zwischen dem 25. und 26. nördlichen Breitengrad gedeihen. Auf den Keys existieren außergewöhnliche Pflanzen und Tierarten, die in dieser Form in den USA sonst nicht vorkommen. The isolated outpost was well located for trade with Cuba and the Bahamas and was on the main trade route from New Orleans. On September 10, 2017, Hurricane Irma made landfall in Cudjoe Key. Die frühesten Besiedlung der Florida Keys fand wahrscheinlich durch Indianer verschiedener Stämme statt, darunter den Vescayos, Matecumbes und Tequesta, gefolgt von den in Florida ansässigen Calusa und Seminolen sowie vielleicht auch karibischen Stämmen. The types of coral that formed Key Largo limestone can be identified on the exposed surface of these keys. Zudem ist es sehr stark vom Golfstrom geprägt, der warmes Wasser aus dem tropischen Bereich der Karibik nach Norden bringt. All of southern Florida was covered by a shallow sea. Dabei wurden die Arbeiten durch die Sümpfe und Mückenplagen stark beeinflusst. Am 2. Vermutlich durch absterbende Vegetation verursachtes übersäuertes Wasser begann den Kalkstein aufzulösen. Scout Key is home to Winter Star Party, a prominent annual amateur astronomy event in the United States, and one of the Top 10 star parties in the world according to BBC Sky at Night. Die Limette etwa, nach der die regionaltypische Nachspeise Key lime pie benannt ist, wurde von der Yucatán-Halbinsel eingeführt. The limestone that eroded from the reef formed oolites in the shallow sea behind the reef, and together with the skeletal remains of bryozoans, formed the Miami Limestone that is the current surface bedrock of the lower Florida peninsula and the lower keys from Big Pine Key to Key West. ist das englische Wort für Schlüssel, und damit Bestandteil von Anglizismen: Key Account Key Account Manager etc. Following the hurricane, some of the original railway bridges were converted to carry the highway roadbeds. Die Florida Keys sind eine Kette aus über 200 Koralleninseln mit einer Gesamtlänge von über 290 Kilometern (180 Meilen). Dolphins Plus Bayside, Key Largo Picture: eine der Übungen mit den Delfinen - Check out Tripadvisor members' 719 candid photos and videos of Dolphins Plus Bayside Ursprünglich stammt sie aus Malaysia. Ihre Bäume sind schnellwüchsig und besitzen Dornen. Theater of the Sea. Ihrem Namen entsprechend hat diese Brücke eine Länge von sieben Meilen (elf Kilometer). It also hosts amateur astronomy gatherings. The Upper Keys islands are composed of sandy-type accumulations of limestone grains produced by plants and marine organisms. zurückdatieren, wobei eine deutlich frühere Besiedlung angenommen wird. [2] Die ältesten Funde von Abfallhaufen aus Fischgräten und Muschelschalen lassen sich bis etwa 800 n. Chr. [25] While some visitors arrive via Key West International Airport and Florida Keys Marathon Airport in Marathon, cruise ship or ferry from Miami, Fort Myers, or Marco Island, Florida, the vast majority of tourists drive down from the mainland on U.S. Der Präsident der Florida East Coast Railway, Henry Flagler, veranlasste den Bau der Eisenbahnstrecke von Homestead quer durch die Everglades und über 30 Inseln der Florida Keys bis nach Key West, deren Bau 1904 begonnen wurde. [2] Einen Teil der Funde aus dem Wrack der Atocha ist im Mel Fisher Maritime Heritage Society Museum in Key West zu sehen. Sie verbindet Vaca Key (Marathon) mit Bahia Honda und überquert dabei Pigeon Key. Haven’t tried fishing from any of the bridges here in the Florida Keys. densa) and oaks (Quercus spp. Winds were estimated to have gusted to 200 mph (320 km/h), raising a storm surge more than 17.5 feet (5.3 m) above sea level that washed over the islands. A ferry takes riders between Key West and Fort Myers, as well as Marco Island due north on the mainland, along the western edge of Florida Bay.[28]. Auf den Keys sind sowohl Nadel- als auch Laubhölzer heimisch. Die oberste Gesteinsschicht der heutigen Upper Keys bildete sich aus dem Kalkstein der damaligen Korallenriffe während die Rifffundamente und die Inseln der Lower Keys aus dem Kalkstein von Kalkalgen gebildet wurden. Die Keys sind auch die Heimat einiger unverwechselbarer Tierarten, wie zum Beispiel des unter Schutz stehenden Key-Weißwedelhirschs und des Spitzkrokodils. ), Jamaican dogwood (Piscidia piscipula), and many others, which grow only in tropical climates. The climate and environment of the Florida Keys are closer to that of the Caribbean than the rest of Florida, though unlike the Caribbean's volcanic islands, the Keys were built by plants and animals. Zudem etablierte sich das Auto als neues Verkehrsmittel und setzte sich im Bereich der Personenbeförderung durch.