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2018 Map of Crawl Key

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

USGS Topo · Published 2018

About this map

Crawl Key and its neighboring islands form a vital link in the Florida Keys chain, situated along the Overseas Hwy as it passes through the community of Marathon. This portion of the Middle Keys shows a landscape defined by narrow landmasses like Grassy Key and Little Crawl Key, which separate the shallow waters of Florida Bay from the deeper Hawk Channel. The map reveals the intricate shoreline of Long Point Key and Fat Deer Key, where residential developments like those along Banana Blvd and Coca Plum Dr meet the marine environment.

Offshore navigation and coral ecology are central to this area, as indicated by Coffins Patch, West Turtle Shoal, and East Turtle Shoal. These underwater features sit at the edge of the Atlantic Ocean before the seafloor drops into the Straits of Florida. The distribution of these keys illustrates how modern infrastructure has adapted to the natural archipelago, connecting once-isolated points like Deer Key into a continuous terrestrial corridor.