Dry Tortugas

American  

[tawr-too-guhz] / tɔrˈtu gəz /

plural noun

1. a group of ten small islands at the entrance to the Gulf of Mexico W of Key West: a part of Florida; the site of Fort Jefferson.

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Dry Tortugas British  

/ tɔːˈtuːɡəz /

noun

1. a group of eight coral islands at the entrance to the Gulf of Mexico: part of Florida

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Dry Tortugas

Virgin Islands as well as data from other U.S. territories in the Caribbean and western Atlantic, including Florida, Puerto Rico, and Dry Tortugas.

From Science Daily ● May 3, 2024

Outside of Dry Tortugas, an additional 160 migrants landed on the islands over the holiday weekend, with 30 people arriving in two groups in the Middle Keys on Monday, according to the Associated Press.

From Washington Times ● Jan. 3, 2023

National Park Service closed Dry Tortugas National Park off the Florida Keys for several days starting on Monday after 300 immigrants had arrived on the islands in recent days, overwhelming first responders.

From Reuters ● Jan. 3, 2023

The cluster of mostly uninhabited islands, known as the Dry Tortugas National Park, is about 100 miles north of Havana and is known for its crystalline waters and coral reefs.

From New York Times ● Jan. 2, 2023

All were sent to Fort Jefferson in the Dry Tortugas, a baking-hot group of islands about eighty miles west of the Florida Keys.

From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly

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