What is Dry Tortugas?
[[Image:Fort-Jefferson Dry-Tortugas.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Fort Jefferson on Garden Key.]] The '''Dry Tortugas''' are a small group of [[island]]s. They are at the end of the [[Florida Keys]], [[United States]]. They are about {{convert|113|km|mi|0|sp=us|lk=on}} west of [[Key West, Florida|Key West]], and {{convert|60|km|mi|0|sp=us|abbr=on}} west of the [[Marquesas Keys]], at {{coor dms|24|38|00|N|82|55|12|W|region:US_type:landmark}}, the closest islands. Still farther west is the [[Tortugas Bank]], which is now underwater. The islands were discovered in [[1513]] by [[Spain|Spanish]] [[explore]]r [[Juan Ponce de León]]. They are an [[unincorporated area]] of [[Monroe County, Florida|Monroe County]], [[Florida]] and belong to the Lower Keys [[Minor Civil Division|Census County Division]]. With their surrounding waters they make up the '''Dry Tortugas National Park'''. ==Other websites== * [http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/faculty/duffy/arb/252-255/253.pdf Topographic and Floristic Change of the Dry Tortugas Keys, with description and areas of keys] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160107120012/http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/faculty/duffy/arb/252-255/253.pdf |date=2016-01-07 }} * [http://www.shannontech.com/ParkVision/DryTortugas/DryTortugas.html Dry Tortugas National Park by Park Vision] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200316003444/http://www.shannontech.com/ParkVision/DryTortugas/DryTortugas.html |date=2020-03-16 }} A Photographic Guide to the Park. * [http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=24.626265,-82.870731&spn=0.033281,0.058545&t=k&hl=en Dry Tortugas Satellite View] Google Maps * [http://www.nwrc.usgs.gov/factshts/047-02.pdf History and Ecology of Mangroves in the Dry Tortugas] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170808025644/https://www.nwrc.usgs.gov/factshts/047-02.pdf |date=2017-08-08 }} {{US-geo-stub}} {{authority control}} [[Category:Florida Keys]] [[Category:National parks in the United States]] [[Category:Biosphere reserves]]