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tɔrˈtu gəzdry tor·tu·gas

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  1. Dry Tortugas

    The Dry Tortugas are a small group of islands, located at the end of the Florida Keys, USA, about 67 miles west of Key West, and 37 miles west of the Marquesas Keys, the closest islands. Still further west is the Tortugas Bank, which is completely submerged. The first Europeans to discover the islands were the Spanish in 1513 by explorer Juan Ponce de León. They are an unincorporated area of Monroe County, Florida, and belong to the Lower Keys Census County Division. With their surrounding waters, they constitute the Dry Tortugas National Park.

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  1. dry tortugas

    A group of ten small, low, barren islands belonging to Monroe Co., Fla. These islands served as a place of imprisonment for persons under sentence by courts-martial during the late civil war. Several criminals concerned in the conspiracy in which President Lincoln was murdered were confined here.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of dry tortugas in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of dry tortugas in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

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