Palm Key
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Palm Key is an island
located in Florida Bay
near latitude 25°7'N, and longitude 80°53'W, or about 3 miles southeast of the town of Flamingo, Florida
. Naval charts show it to be a small oval-shaped island approximately a half mile in length; it is apparently uninhabited.
(at least in the classic 1964-65 series of the same name
), his father Dr. Benton Quest, his adoptive brother Hadji, the family's bodyguard and the boys' tutor Roger "Race" Bannon, and their dog Bandit. Supposedly located off the coast of Florida, it was a relatively small sub-tropical island with sandy beaches and palm trees. Dr. Quest had a fairly well-equipped set of labs here, and there was a landing strip and at least one dock present. The compound also had a powerful radio transmitter and receiver that was used several times (Pursuit of the Po-Ho, The Invisible Monster), usually when a friend or colleague needed help.
Island
An island or isle is any piece of sub-continental land that is surrounded by water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, cays or keys. An island in a river or lake may be called an eyot , or holm...
located in Florida Bay
Florida Bay
Florida Bay is the bay located between the southern end of the Florida mainland and the Florida Keys. Its area is variously stated to be , or , or . Nearly all of Florida Bay is included in Everglades National Park. The southern edge, along the Florida Keys is in the Florida Keys National Marine...
near latitude 25°7'N, and longitude 80°53'W, or about 3 miles southeast of the town of Flamingo, Florida
Flamingo, Florida
Flamingo is an unincorporated community and ghost town in Monroe County, Florida, United States. It began as a small coastal settlement on the eastern end of Cape Sable on the southern tip of the Florida peninsula, facing Florida Bay...
. Naval charts show it to be a small oval-shaped island approximately a half mile in length; it is apparently uninhabited.
Jonny Quest's home
Palm Key is also the fictional island home of Jonny QuestJonny Quest
Jonny Quest is a media franchise that revolves around a boy named Jonny Quest who accompanies his father on extraordinary adventures. The franchise started with a 1964-65 television series and has come to include two subsequent television series, two television films, and a video game.-1964–1965...
(at least in the classic 1964-65 series of the same name
Jonny Quest (TV series)
Jonny Quest – often casually referred to as The Adventures of Jonny Quest – is an American science fiction/adventure animated television series about a boy who accompanies his father on extraordinary adventures...
), his father Dr. Benton Quest, his adoptive brother Hadji, the family's bodyguard and the boys' tutor Roger "Race" Bannon, and their dog Bandit. Supposedly located off the coast of Florida, it was a relatively small sub-tropical island with sandy beaches and palm trees. Dr. Quest had a fairly well-equipped set of labs here, and there was a landing strip and at least one dock present. The compound also had a powerful radio transmitter and receiver that was used several times (Pursuit of the Po-Ho, The Invisible Monster), usually when a friend or colleague needed help.