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Why isn't Sand Key considered the southernmost point of land in Florida?

I was out boating this past weekend, and the depth chart maps clearly show Sand Key is much farther south than Ballast Key, which claims to be the southernmost point in Florida in its article. Is it because the land of Sand Key has disappeared a few times from hurricanes? There's land there now, so shouldn't the Southernmost point in Florida designation go to Sand Key? Here's a link that clearly shows land is there Sand Key reef aerial.

I see how the article Extreme points of the United States#48 contiguous states says that several sand bars are at least 7 km farther south and exposed at low tide, but this wasn't low tide it was midway between low & high and the sand bar was clearly exposed. If it is covered at high tide does that exclude it from being considered land? What if it continues to build up and is exposed even at high tide? I'm not sure any source exists for this since it seems to change its status with every passing storm. It seems that if there is land there most of the time then it should be considered land.

Another point - the depth chart on my father's boat (about a year old) has Sand Key marked as a small island and has it filled in yellow just as other islands on the chart are. This clearly indicates that the map company considers Sand Key to be an island. - Marc Averette 16:38, 29 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Dead reference link

Note that the reference to "Florida Lighthouse Page - Sand Key Lighthouse" is dead. Someone should fix this. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.163.5.165 (talk) 04:32, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]