- Ponce de León Inlet
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Location and details of the Ponce de Leon Inlet.
Aerial viewThe Ponce de León Inlet is a natural opening in the barrier islands in northern Florida that connects the north end of the Mosquito Lagoon and the south end of the Halifax River to the Atlantic Ocean. It is the site of the town of Ponce Inlet, Florida and the Ponce de Leon Inlet Light. The inlet is maintained by the Ponce de Leon Inlet & Port District, a Division of the Volusia County, Florida government.[1]
The inlet originally was named Mosquito Inlet. In 1927 the Florida Legislature changed the name from Mosquito Inlet to Ponce de Leon Inlet. There was precedent for the change. Mosquito County had long before become Orange County, and the Mosquito River had become the Halifax River. Only the Mosquito Lagoon has kept its old name.
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External links
- Ponce de Leon Inlet & Port District
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Ponce de León Inlet
Coordinates: 29°04′21″N 80°55′07″W / 29.0725°N 80.91861°W
Coastal Waters of Florida Bays: Apalachicola · Biscayne · Choctawhatchee · East · Escambia · Estero · Florida · Palm · Pensacola · Ponce de Leon · Sarasota · St. Andrews · Tampa · Whitewater
Inlets: Baker's Haulover · Blind Pass · Captiva Pass · Caxambus Pass · Gasparilla Pass · Hillsboro · Lake Worth · Matanzas · Ponce de León · Redfish Pass · Sebastian · St. Lucie
Lagoons: Banana River · Guana River · Halifax River · Indian River · Lake Worth · Marquesas Keys · Matanzas River · Mosquito Lagoon
See Also: Florida Everglades · Intracoastal Waterway · List of Florida rivers
Categories:- Inlets of Florida
- Geography of Volusia County, Florida
- Florida geography stubs
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