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2018 Map of Arsenicker Keys

Name: 2018 Topographic Map of Arsenicker Keys
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2018
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2018

About this map

Homestead Air Reserve Base anchors the northwestern corner of this coastal survey, where the rigid street grid of southern Florida meets the mangrove-lined shore of Biscayne Bay. The landscape is defined by an intricate network of drainage and transport canals, including the Military Canal, North Canal, and Florida City Canal, which channel freshwater toward the coast at Convoy Point. These waterways illustrate the massive engineering required to manage the low-lying wetlands that border the bay.

Eastward across the water, the map documents the northern reaches of the Florida Keys within Biscayne National Park. Isolated landforms such as West Arsenicker Key, Long Arsenicker Key, and Totten Key stand amidst the shallow waters of the Atlantic Ocean. The presence of Islandia on the eastern edge of the sheet provides a reference point for the small settlements that dots these offshore keys, accessible primarily by the Intracoastal Waterway.