Fleming Key
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Key West
Key West is an island in the Straits of Florida on the North American continent at the southernmost tip of the Florida Keys. Key West is home to the southernmost point in the Continental United States; the island is about from Cuba....
, Florida in the lower Florida Keys
Florida Keys
The Florida Keys are a coral archipelago in southeast United States. They begin at the southeastern tip of the Florida peninsula, about 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...
. It is roughly 2 miles (3.2 km) long by 0.25 mile (0.402335 km) wide.
It is connected to the island of Key West by the Fleming Key Bridge (Mustin Road), having 18 feet (5.5 m) of clearance over Fleming Key Cut, a small channel.
The island and bridge road are part of a section of the Key West Naval Air Station
Naval Air Station Key West
Naval Air Station Key West , is a naval air station and military airport located on Boca Chica Key, four miles east of the central business district of Key West, Florida, United States....
called Trumbo Point
Trumbo Point
Trumbo Point is a section of the northwest corner of the island of Key West, Florida in the lower Florida Keys. It is one of several bases comprising the Key West Naval Air Station.Trumbo Point is inaccessible to civilians without US Navy clearance....
and are inaccessible to civilians without US Navy clearance. The island has a 10 million gallon per day wastewater treatment plant. It also includes a dolphin research center and marine corrosion testing facility.
The United States Army Special Forces Underwater Operations Training Center is located at the far northern tip of Fleming Key.
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