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Matanzas Inlet
Matanzas Inlet
Matanzas Inlet
Matanzas Inlet
Matanzas Inlet
Matanzas Inlet
Matanzas Inlet
Matanzas Inlet
Matanzas Inlet
Matanzas Inlet
Matanzas Inlet
Matanzas Inlet
Matanzas Inlet
Matanzas Inlet
Matanzas Inlet
Matanzas Inlet
Matanzas Inlet
Matanzas Inlet
Matanzas Inlet
Matanzas Inlet
Matanzas Inlet
Matanzas Inlet
Matanzas Inlet
Matanzas Inlet
Matanzas Inlet
Matanzas Inlet is a channel in Florida between two barrier islands and the mainland, connecting the Atlantic Ocean and the south end of the Matanzas River. It is 14 miles south of St. Augustine, in the southern part of St. Johns County. The inlet is not stabilized by jetties, and thus is subject to shifting. Historic maps made by Spanish military engineers in the 18th century show that the inlet today has moved many hundreds of yards south of its location during the time of the Spanish Empire. In 1740, a British invasion force from Fort Frederica, Georgia blockaded this inlet, the southernmost access for boat travel between St. Augustine and Havana, Cuba. Shortly thereafter, in 1742, a coquina stone tower 50 feet square by 30 feet high, now called Fort Matanzas, was built by the Spanish authorities in Florida to safeguard this strategic inlet.
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