2012 Map of Marquesas Keys East

About this map

The Marquesas Keys atoll and the surrounding waters of Monroe County define this maritime landscape in the early twenty-first century. This section of the archipelago features the eastern edge of the main circular island group, where Mooney Harbor provides a protected marine basin west of the smaller Gull Keys. To the east across the Boca Grande Channel lies the isolated Boca Grande Key, positioned at the threshold between the shallow Gulf of Mexico to the north and the deeper Straits of Florida to the south. The map illustrates the natural geography of these uninhabited keys, highlighting the complex shoreline and the vast expanse of open water that separates these remote outposts from the mainland and larger keys.