Barnes Sound

{{short description|Florida sound}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2021}}

{{Infobox body of water

| name = Barnes Sound

| native_name =

| native_name_lang =

| other_name =

| image =

| alt =

| caption =

| image_bathymetry =

| alt_bathymetry =

| caption_bathymetry =

| location = Florida, USA

| group =

| coordinates = {{coord|25|14|28|N|80|22|43|W|type:waterbody_region:US-FL|display =inline,title}}

| type = Bay

| etymology =

| part_of =

| inflow =

| rivers =

| outflow =

| oceans =

| catchment =

| basin_countries =

| agency =

| designation =

| date-built =

| engineer =

| date-flooded =

| length =

| width =

| area =

| depth =

| max-depth =

| volume =

| residence_time =

| salinity =

| shore =

| elevation =

| temperature_high =

| temperature_low =

| frozen =

| islands =

| islands_category =

| sections =

| trenches =

| benches =

| cities =

| pushpin_map = USA Florida

| pushpin_label_position =

| pushpin_map_alt =

| pushpin_map_caption =

| website =

| reference =

}}

Barnes Sound is a bay located at the southern tip of Florida, between Key Largo and the mainland. {{cite web|title=Feature Detail Report for: Barnes Sound|url=https://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=138:3:::NO::P3_FID,P3_TITLE:278116}} It has been described as part of Biscayne Bay or of the Biscayne Bay System.{{Cite web|last1=Brown|first1=Gary L.|last2=McAdory|first2=Robert|last3=Nail|first3=Gregory H.|last4=Sarruff|first4=Maria Soraya|last5=Berger|first5=R. C.|last6=Gtanat|first6=Mitch A.|date=September 2003|title=Development of Two-Dimensional Numerical Model of Hydrodynamics and Salinity for Biscayne Bay, Florida|url=https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA417838.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210422223324/https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA417838.pdf|archive-date=April 22, 2021|url-status=live|access-date=April 22, 2021|website=Defence Technical InformationCenter|page=1}}{{Cite journal|last=Smith|first=Ned P.|date=Summer 2001|title=Tides of Biscayne Bay, Card Sound, Little Card Sound, Barnes Sound, and Manatee Bay, Florida|journal=Florida Scientist|volume=64|page=224|jstor=24321024}}

Two United States Navy warships have been named after the sound. See USS Barnes