East Rockland Key is an island in the lower Florida Keys about 4 miles (6.4 km) east of Key West.

East Rockland Key
East Rockland Key is located in Florida
East Rockland Key
East Rockland Key
East Rockland Key
East Rockland Key is located in Caribbean
East Rockland Key
East Rockland Key
East Rockland Key (Caribbean)
Geography
LocationGulf of Mexico
Coordinates24°35′28″N 81°40′34″W / 24.591°N 81.676°W / 24.591; -81.676
ArchipelagoFlorida Keys
Adjacent toFlorida Straits
Administration
StateFlorida
CountyMonroe

U.S. 1 (or the Overseas Highway) crosses the edge of the key at approximately mile markers 8–9.5, between Boca Chica Key and Big Coppitt Key.

It is located directly across the Overseas Highway from Rockland Key.

Flora and fauna

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There is endangered population of marsh rabbits (Sylvilagus palustris hefneri) [1] on island.

References

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  1. ^ Rosanna M. Tursi1, Phillip T. Hughes and Eric A. Hoffman Taxonomy versus phylogeny: evolutionary history of marsh rabbits without hopping to conclusions Archived 2019-06-05 at the Wayback Machine A Journal of Conservation Biogeography Diversity and Distributions, (Diversity Distrib.) (2012) 1–14