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Straits of Florida

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Straits of Florida passage, c.90 mi (145 km) wide, between the Florida Keys in the north and Cuba in the south. It connects the Gulf of Mexico with the Atlantic Ocean.


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Straits of Florida
...Florida Current, the initial part of the Gulf Stream , flows east out of the Gulf of Mexico . The Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon first recorded sailing through the straits in 1513. Straits of Florida Straits of Florida Straits of Florida Read more
Florida
...border almost to the southern tip of the state. Central Florida abounds in lakes, with Lake Okeechobee being the largest...over the center of the southern part of the peninsula. Florida's SW coast, on the Gulf of Mexico, is dotted with tiny islands, and the Florida Keys , extending south and west from ... Read more
Florida Keys
...Miami Beach, to Key West, and forming the southern extremity of Florida. Between the Keys and the mainland lies Florida Bay; they are separated from Cuba by the Straits of Florida. Many of the islands, the best known of which are Key Largo... Read more
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, island group in the Straits of Florida, forming the northwest section of the Bahamas. The group includes North Bimini, South Bimini, and surrounding cays. Exceptionally... Read more
Gulf of Mexico
Gulf, southeastern coast of North America, connected to the Atlantic Ocean by the Straits of Florida and to the Caribbean Sea by the Yucatan Channel. Covering an area of 600,000 sq mi (1,550,000 sq km), it is bounded by the U.S... Read more

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