Wisteria Island

Wisteria Iceland, also known as Christmas Tree Iceland, is a privately owned, uninhabited island in the Lower Florida Keys, 600 m northwest of the district Historic Seaport in the northwest of Key West. It is located 250 m north-northeast of Sunset Key (Tank Iceland ) and is one of the most famous photo opportunities in Florida. Anyone who is filming from Mallory Square from the sunset, this island bans on his film.

Wisteria Iceland has an area of ​​106 346 m². The nickname Christmas Tree Iceland comes from the large number of casuarina trees that grow here.

History

Wisteria Iceland is - similar to the neighboring island of Iceland tank (Sunset Key ) - emerged as a result of dredging in the port of Key West. End of the 19th century was begun to deposit at this point the excavation. In the 20th century this deposit has been repeatedly used to deposit the sediments of the dredging there.

In the 1930s, the island of Monroe County was sold to Bernie Papy for $ 3,000. In the late 1930s and early 1940s was located on the island of an industrial Haiverarbeitungsanlage. The products have been marketed worldwide and sold to China. It was operated by Ray Knopp and Thompson Enterprises. 1956 Papy sold the island to the Wisteria Corporation. This group had the aim to give rise to the island commercial space and residential space. The company was renamed in Wisteria Iceland Inc., as the island in February 1967 was sold. In 1972, the island of F.E.B. was transferred to the Bernstein family, which she calls her property until today. To this day, the island is despite many attempts to colonize them still uninhabited. Currently there is a plan for the establishment of a settlement with homes.

Swell

24.567821 - 81.810819Koordinaten: 24 ° 34 'N, 81 ° 49 ' W

• Island (North America)
• Island (Atlantic Ocean )
• Uninhabited Island
• Island (Florida)
• Of the Florida Keys
• Monroe County ( Florida)