It holds Fort Jefferson, the largest brick fortress in the western hemisphere, prison of the doctor who treated Lincoln's assassin
Area
262 km²
Declared in
1992
Region
Florida (USA)
Climate
Tropical, Árido / desértico, Templado, Mediterráneo, Polar / frío
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It holds Fort Jefferson, the largest brick fortress in the western hemisphere, prison of the doctor who treated Lincoln's assassin
Declared in 1992, Dry Tortugas holds Fort Jefferson, the largest brick fortress in the western hemisphere, built from 1846 to guard the Gulf of Mexico shipping route but never fully finished nor used in battle. During the American Civil War it served as a military prison, and among its most celebrated inmates was Dr Samuel Mudd, convicted of having set the broken leg of John Wilkes Booth, President Abraham Lincoln's assassin, without reporting him to the authorities.
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65 species documented in Dry Tortugas
At conservation risk:Tortuga carey,Coral cuerno de alce,Tortuga boba,Tortuga verde,Aguja azul del Atlántico,Chucho pintado,Coral cerebro estriado,Manatí de Florida,Mero guasa,Pargo del Golfo,Pez sierra peine,Tarpónand 5 more
Critically EndangeredTortuga carey
Eretmochelys imbricata
Critically EndangeredCoral cuerno de alce
Acropora palmata
Least ConcernDelfín mular
Tursiops truncatus
Least ConcernFragata magnífica
Fregata magnificens
Data DeficientLangosta espinosa del Caribe
Panulirus argus
VulnerableTortuga boba
Caretta caretta
EndangeredTortuga verde
Chelonia mydas
Least ConcernCharrán sombrío
Onychoprion fuscatus
Least ConcernPiquero enmascarado
Sula dactylatra
Least ConcernPiquero pardo
Sula leucogaster
Tiñosa parda
Anous stolidus
Abanico de mar púrpura
Gorgonia ventalina
Flora and ecosystems
Ecosystems found in United States, where Dry Tortugas lies.
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Least ConcernBrown Bear
Ursus arctos
Ahora es buena época: Osos pardos pescando salmón en Brooks Falls (Junio a septiembre (pico en julio))
Least ConcernSockeye Salmon
Oncorhynchus nerka
Ahora es buena época: Osos pardos pescando salmón en Brooks Falls (Junio a septiembre (pico en julio))
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