Fort Jefferson And Bush Key Dry Tortugas Oct 1956

Creator

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Abstract

A view of Fort Jefferson, Dry Tortugas taken from the vantage of Bush Key.

Keywords

Environmental protection, Wildlife conservation, Dry Tortugas (Fla.), Key West (Fla.), Fort Jefferson, North and Central America, United States, Florida, Monroe, Dry Tortugas Islands

Description

1 online resource ( 1 photo: color)

Subject: Topical

Environmental protection; Wildlife conservation; Dry Tortugas (Fla.); Key West (Fla.); Fort Jefferson

Type

Image

State

Florida

Continent

North and Central America

Country

United States

County

Monroe

Island

Dry Tortugas Islands

Holding Location

University of South Florida

Identifier

A64-01138

Notes

Bush Key is closed from February to September every year as approximately 80,000 sooty terns and 4,500 brown noddies use this island to nest and raise their young. It is the only significant breeding colony of sooty terns and brown noddies in the US. Date