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Ocean Reef Club Airport (IATA: OCA, FAA LID: 07FA) is a private-use airport located 19 miles (31 km) northeast of the central business district of the island of Key Largo in Monroe County, Florida, United States. The airport is privately owned.
Ctenosaura similis, commonly known as the black iguana [3] or black spiny-tailed iguana, is an iguanid lizard native to Mexico and Central America. It has been reported in some Colombian islands in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean, and has been introduced to the United States in the state of Florida .
Palo Alto Key is to the north, and the Atlantic Ocean is to the east. According to the United States Census Bureau , the North Key Largo CDP has a total area of 19.6 square miles (51 km 2 ), of which 18.6 square miles (48 km 2 ) are land and 1.0 square mile (2.6 km 2 ), or 5.07%, is water.
The Aquarius Reef Base is an underwater habitat located 5.4 mi (8.7 km) off Key Largo in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, Florida, United States. It is the world's only undersea research laboratory and it is operated by Florida International University .
The Florida Reef (also known as the Great Florida Reef, Florida reefs, Florida Reef Tract and Florida Keys Reef Tract) is the only living coral barrier reef in the continental United States. [1]
Cyclura cychlura inornata, the Allen Cays rock iguana or Allen Cays iguana, is a subspecies of the northern Bahamian rock iguana that is found on Allen's Cay and adjacent islands in the Bahamas. Its status in the IUCN Red List is critically endangered. The population has been growing over the last century.
The reef lies within the Sombrero Key Sanctuary Preservation Area of the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. [2] The Spanish called the reef Cayo Sombrero. As part of the reef was above water at low tide, it was also called "Dry Bank". [3] The Sombrero Key Light was built on the reef in 1858, [4] and continued in use until 2015. [3]
The northern Bahamian rock iguana (Cyclura cychlura) is a species of lizard of the genus Cyclura that is found on Andros Island and the Exuma islands in the Bahamas. Its status on the IUCN Red List is vulnerable , with a wild population of less than 5,000 animals.