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    The Straits of Florida, Florida Straits, or Florida Strait (Spanish: Estrecho de Florida) is a strait located south-southeast of the North American mainland...
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    to the east, and the Straits of Florida and Cuba to the south. About two-thirds of Florida occupies a peninsula between the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic...
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    is an island in the Straits of Florida, within the U.S. state of Florida. Together with all or parts of the separate islands of Dredgers Key, Fleming...
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    Atlantic Ocean, east of the Gulf of Mexico, south of the Straits of Florida, northwest of the Windward Passage, and northeast of the Yucatán Channel....
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    Much of the state of Florida is situated on a peninsula between the Gulf of Mexico, the Atlantic Ocean, and the Straits of Florida. Spanning two time...
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  • This list of straits is an appendix to the article strait. For "Strait of.." or for "The.. " see the first letter of the word which follows the article...
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    The Florida Current is a thermal ocean current that flows from the Straits of Florida around the Florida Peninsula and along the southeastern coast of the...
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    floor consists of sedimentary rocks and recent sediments. It is connected to part of the Atlantic Ocean through the Straits of Florida between the U.S...
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    current that originates in the Gulf of Mexico and flows through the Straits of Florida and up the eastern coastline of the United States, then veers east...
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  • Florida Straits is a 1986 made-for-television adventure film that originally aired on HBO. It stars Fred Ward, Raul Julia, Daniel Jenkins and Antonio...
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    federal waters. Five wells were drilled in Florida state waters in the Straits of Florida (in waters off the Florida Keys) from 1946 to 1962. Gulf Oil operated...
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  • Nyad (film) (category Films set in Florida)
    swimmer Diana Nyad's multiple attempts in the early 2010s to swim the Straits of Florida, with flashbacks to her early life. It is directed by Elizabeth Chai...
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    1923 Aeromarine 75 Columbus incident (category Airliner accidents and incidents in Florida)
    seaplane Columbus ditched in the Straits of Florida after developing engine troubles on a flight from Key West, Florida to Havana, Cuba. The plane filled...
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    positions of these two circles of latitude (relative to the Equator) are dictated by the tilt of Earth's axis of rotation relative to the plane of its orbit...
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    current provides most of the inflow of water into the Gulf of Mexico as the amount of water entering by the Straits of Florida is small and intermittent...
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    Havana (redirect from Capital of Cuba)
    River traverses the city from south to north, entering the Straits of Florida a few miles west of the bay. The city attracts over a million tourists annually;...
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    Cay Sal Bank (category Islands of the Bahamas)
    which is 50 km (31 mi) to the east. The Straits of Florida separate it from the United States mainland and the Florida Keys (Key Largo is 100 km (62 mi) to...
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    Bermuda Triangle (category Articles using infobox body of water without alt)
    that originates in the Gulf of Mexico and then flows through the Straits of Florida into the North Atlantic. In essence, it is a river within an ocean...
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    Wet feet, dry feet policy (category Right of asylum in the United States)
    following concerns about the safety of immigrants risking their lives to cross the straits of Florida into the U.S. The end of his presidency saw an increase...
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    Elbow Cays (category Archipelagoes of the Bahamas)
    to northeast along the Straits of Florida. The southernmost cays of this group consist of unnamed islets and rocks. Northeast of these are South Elbow...
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    re-intensified to Category 4 status as it crossed the warm waters of the Straits of Florida, before making landfall on Cudjoe Key on September 10. Irma then...
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    Retrieved July 22, 2011. "The Flying Planters: Wreckage of a plane seen in the Gulf of Martaban". Straits Times. Singapore. September 27, 1932. p. 11. Archived...
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    Gulf of Mexico on August 20, after passing through the Bahamas and Straits of Florida. The system steadily organized over the following days, over record-warm...
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    Camilo Cienfuegos (category Missing person cases in Florida)
    headquarters at Camagüey, Cienfuegos' plane disappeared over the Straits of Florida. After a few days of an attempted search and rescue operation, he was presumed...
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  • passes close to the Florida Reef through the Straits of Florida, which is the major route for shipping between the eastern coast of the United States and...
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  • Superior and Huron Straits of Florida separates the Florida peninsula from Cuba Strait of Juan de Fuca borders Canada Straits of Mackinac between Lakes...
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    American Mediterranean Sea (category Articles using infobox body of water without alt)
    islands, the American Mediterranean Sea contains the following straits: the Florida Straits, the Windward Passage (Paso de los Vientos), the Mona Passage...
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    island and emerged into Straits of Florida as a tropical storm on September 5. As the system emerged into the Straits of Florida, Gangoite observed a large...
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    Moser Channel (category Straits of Florida)
    and is one of four predominant passages in the Florida Keys which allow exchange of waters to the north and west of the Keys (including Florida Bay and the...
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  • of British soap opera star Noele Gordon. Nyad (2023) – biographical sports drama film about swimmer Diana Nyad's 2013 attempt to swim the Straits of Florida...
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