Key Biscayne
Key Biscayne is an island located in Miami-Dade County, Florida, located between the Atlantic Ocean and Biscayne Bay. It is the southernmost of the barrier islands along the Atlantic coast of Florida, and lies south of Miami Beach and southeast of Miami.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Island
- Description: island in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States
- Also known as: “Biscayno Island”, “Biskaino Island”, “Cayo Vizcaino”, “Cayo Vizcaíno”, and “Kay Biscaino”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Crandon Park and Cape Florida Old Lighthouse Tower.
Crandon Park
Park
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Crandon Park is an 808-acre urban park in metropolitan Miami, occupying the northern part of Key Biscayne. It is connected to mainland Miami via the Rickenbacker Causeway.
Cape Florida Old Lighthouse Tower
Lighthouse
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The Cape Florida Light is a lighthouse on Cape Florida at the south end of Key Biscayne in Miami-Dade County, Florida. Constructed in 1825, it guided mariners off the Florida Reef, which starts near Key Biscayne and extends southward a few miles offshore of the Florida Keys. Cape Florida Old Lighthouse Tower is situated 2 miles south of Key Biscayne.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Key Biscayne and Stiltsville.
Key Biscayne
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Key Biscayne refers to both a tropical island just southeast of Miami and a village on that island. The Village of Key Biscayne, incorporated on June 18, 1991, is in the center of the four-mile-long, two-mile-wide barrier island between the Atlantic Ocean and Biscayne Bay.
Stiltsville
Locality
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Stiltsville is a group of wood stilt houses located one mile south of Cape Florida, on sand banks of the Safety Valve on the edge of Biscayne Bay in Miami-Dade County, Florida. Stiltsville is situated 3½ miles south of Key Biscayne.
Fisher Island
Locality
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Fisher Island is a census-designated place in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States, located on a barrier island of the same name. Since 2015, Fisher Island has had the highest per capita income of any place in the United States. Fisher Island is situated 4½ miles north of Key Biscayne.
Key Biscayne
- Category: landform
- Location: Miami-Dade County, Greater Miami, Florida, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Turkish—“Key Biscayne” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Key Biscayne”
- Catalan: “Key Biscayne”
- Cebuano: “Key Biscayne”
- Chinese: “基·比斯坎”
- Chinese: “比斯坎岛”
- Chinese: “比斯坎島”
- Dutch: “Key Biscayne”
- French: “Key Biscayne”
- German: “Key Biscayne”
- Greek: “Κι Μπισκέιν”
- Hebrew: “קי ביסקיין”
- Japanese: “キービスケーン”
- Romanian: “Key Biscayne”
- Slovenian: “Key Biscayne”
- Spanish: “Cayo Biscayne”
- Spanish: “Cayo Vizcaino”
- Spanish: “Cayo Vizcaíno”
- Spanish: “Key Biscayne”
- Turkish: “Key Biscayne”
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