Geography | |
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Location | North Atlantic |
Coordinates | 30°24′00″N 81°31′49″W / 30.40000°N 81.53028°W |
Administration | |
State | Florida |
County | Duval |
Blount Island is an island of approximately 2,000 acres (8.1 km2) on the St. Johns River in Jacksonville, Florida, nine nautical miles (16.7 km) west of the Atlantic Ocean. One of three public cargo facilities at the Port of Jacksonville is located there, and it is also the site of the United States Marine Corps Blount Island Command.[1]