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Place Name
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Pine Island
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Place Status (Type)
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coast
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Population
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5,244 (1990)
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Location
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Florida, United States, North America
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Latitude
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26°05'N
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Longitude
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80°16'W
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Pine Island
(1990 pop. 5,244), off coast of SW Fla.,
c.15 mi/24 km W of Fort Myers;
c.15 mi/24 km long,
1 mi/1.6 km-3 mi/4.8 km
wide; 26°05'N 80°16'W. Has causeway to mainland. Has rapidly
suburbanized since 1980; resort and fishing villages of Pineland and
St. James City. Isl. is bordered W by Pine Isl. Sound
(c.15 mi/24 km long,
5 mi/8 km wide), sheltered from the Gulf of
Mexico by a chain of barrier isls.: Lacosta, Captiva, Sanibel, and
opening into Charlotte Harbor (N) and San Carlos Bay (S).
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