Bernard Romans, who visited these keys in 1774, wrote that these were "Seven rocks called Mascaras", which he said had been "Ill copied on English charts as Mucares".

[1] The northernmost of these islands, Ragged Key #1 has been inhabited in the past.

The remains of an old wooden dock are in hazardous condition.

The deteriorated concrete wall encircles majority of the island.

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