Southernmost Point Buoy

The Southernmost Point Buoy is a concrete buoy located in Key West, Florida, marking the southernmost point in the continental United States. The buoy is 12 feet tall and 7 feet wide, and it was erected in 1983 by the City of Key West. It is a popular tourist attraction, with many visitors taking photos in front of the buoy. The area around the buoy is also home to a cement telegraph hut, which housed an underwater telephone cable that connected Key West to Havana in 1921. The buoy is maintained by the Key West Public Works Department and has withstood several hurricanes. The paint job was damaged by Hurricane Irma in 2017, but it was refurbished later that year by the original artist. The buoy is a gathering place for photographs and tourists, and it is located in an old Key West neighborhood, where residents sometimes stand in their yards and behold the passing humanity