Cedar Key Florida

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49. Actually looking at the area, it appears it was originally at higher elevation at one time and sea level rise has

turned it into many small islands. Cedar Key is the largest.
It doesn't have the shape of a barrier island. Probably several thousand years ago, this area was dry and was the Florida coastline.

See all of these little islands? I don't know if there is any surviving vegetation on them. But they aren't barrier type islands. The entire coast of Texas consists of two very long barrier islands! The Texas barrier islands were created by ocean currents over time.

The Cedar Key area is dotted with hundreds of islands and was probably dry land that receded and left a bunch of small raised areas.

I know the Florida Keys are not barrier islands, but actually old coral reefs. Maybe Cedar Key is similar.