Tortugas

(tor-tu'gāz,) an island of the W. Indies, opposite the opening to the harbor of Nuevitas on the N.E. coast of Cuba; length, 26 m., breadth, 6 m.- Also, agro up of islands, often styled the DRY TORTUGAS, 10 in number, lying 120 m. W.S.W. of Cape Sable; N. Lat. 24° 37', W. Lon. 830. They belong to the U. States. [s. 901]