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Dry Tortugas
(tôr to̵̅o̅′gəz)
group of small islands of Fla. in the Gulf of Mexico, west of Key West
See Dry Tortugas in American Heritage Dictionary 4
An island group of southern Florida west of Key West. Famed for their marine life, the islands were named Tortugas (“turtles”) by the Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León in 1513.
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