Palm Key

{{Short description|Island in Monroe County, Florida}}

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Palm Key is an island located in Florida Bay near latitude 25°7'N, and longitude 80°53'W, or about {{convert|3|mi}} southeast of the town of Flamingo, Florida, United States. Naval charts show it to be a small oval-shaped island approximately {{convert|0.5|mi}} in length. While it is now apparently uninhabited it was once inhabited by fishermen.

It is mentioned in Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island.{{Cite book |last=Louis Stevenson |first=Robert |title=Treasure Island |publisher=Cassell |year=1883 |isbn=9781781124086 |pages=49 |language=en}}

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