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Key Largo is a census-designated place in Monroe County, Florida, United States, located on the island of Key Largo in the upper Florida Keys. The population was 10,433 at the 2010 census. The name comes from the Spanish ''Cayo Largo'', or "long key". It is the first island of the Florida Keys and the originating point of the Overseas Highway to Key West. ==Geography== Key Largo is located at (25.106637, -80.429917). According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 39.6 km² (15.3 mi²). 31.5 km² (12.2 mi²) of it is land and 8.1 km² (3.1 mi²) of it 20.54% is water. A southeast-pointing cape on the north end of El Radabob Key, , just south of Rattlesnake Key, is the east endpoint of the longest distance between any two points of land within the fifty states of the United States, as measured via Google Earth. The other endpoint is at the tip of a spit of sand on Green Island, Hawaii, 5,857.46 miles away. Key Largo is also the location of the first undersea park in the United States, established in 1963, and called the (John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park )(located at Mile Marker 102). The park is primarily offshore and stretches 3 miles into the Atlantic Ocean and is 25 miles long. Adjacent to this is the (Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary ) covering 178 square nautical miles. Both areas were designed to protect marine life, including the extensive coral reefs in the area. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Key Largo, Florida」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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