Tags: Lighthouse, Tower.
Sand Key Light is a lighthouse located 6 nautical miles (11 km; 6.9 mi) southwest of Key West Florida between Sand Key Channel and Rock Key Channel two of the channels into Key West. It is located on a reef that is intermittently covered by sand. At times the key has been substantial enough to have trees and in 1900 nine to twelve thousand terns nested on the island. At other times the island has been washed away completely. As of 1998 Sand Key was a sand bar with no vegetation.
