It is located on U.S. 1 at mile marker 79.

All of the key is within the Villages of Islamorada as of November 4, 1997, when it was incorporated.

The island lies to the southwest of Upper Matecumbe Key, and to the northeast of Lower Matecumbe Key.

[clarification needed] The island hosted U.S. naval operations during the Seminole Wars and was taken over in an attack by indigenous tribes.

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