Anastasia Island

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For other uses, see Anastasia.

Anastasia Island is an island off the northeast Atlantic coast of Florida in the United States. The island is located east and southeast of St. Augustine. The island contains the communities of St. Augustine Beach and Coquina Gables, as well as Butler Beach, Crescent Beach, Davis Shores and Anastasia. It is separated from the mainland by the Matanzas River. Anastasia Island has more than 150 restaurants, as well as many beaches. Juan Ponce de León landed on the barrier island in 1513.

Below the ground of the majority of the island, there is a mass of coarse shell material, called coquina, which the Spanish used to build the Castillo de San Marcos, located in St. Augustine, connected to Anastasia Island by the Bridge of Lions.

See Castillo de San Marcos (Fort St. Mark) for a reference to this building technique.

See also

• Anastasia State Park
• St. Augustine Light

 

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