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Matanzas Inlet

Matanzas Inlet is a channel linking the Matanzas River to the Atlantic Ocean, about 23 km south of St Augustine, Florida. In September and October 1565 Pedro Menéndez de Avilés had Jean Ribault and several hundred shipwrecked French Huguenots executed there, which gave the inlet its name, Spanish for 'slaughters'. Fort Matanzas, built by the Spanish in 1740–1742, guards it.

Matanzas Inlet
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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Matanzas Inlet. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/matanzas-inlet
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