Ten Thousand Islands

Ten Thousand Islands National Wildlife Refuge
IUCN category IV (habitat/species management area)
Ten Thousand Islands by U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Ten Thousand Islands
Location	Collier County, Monroe County, Florida, United States
Nearest city	Goodland, Florida
Coordinates	25°51′N 81°30′W / 25.85°N 81.5°W / 25.85; -81.5
Area	35,000 acres (140 km2)
Established	1996
Governing body	U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
www.fws.gov/floridapanther/TenThousandIslands/

The Ten Thousand Islands are a chain of islands and mangrove islets off the coast of southwest Florida, between Cape Romano (at the south end of Marco Island) and the mouth of the Lostmans River. Some of the islands are high spots on a submergent coastline. Others were produced by mangroves growing on oyster bars.^[1] Despite the name, the islets in the chain only number in the hundreds.^{[citation needed]}