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  2. Chesapeake Bay impact crater - Wikipedia

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    The Chesapeake Bay impact crater is a buried impact crater, located beneath the mouth of Chesapeake Bay, United States. It was formed by a bolide that struck the eastern shore of North America about 35.5 ± 0.3 million years ago, in the late Eocene epoch. It is one of the best-preserved "wet-target" impact craters in the world. [3]

  3. 1950 USS Missouri grounding - Wikipedia

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    The USS Missouri grounding occurred 17 January 1950 when the battleship USS Missouri (BB-63) ran aground while sailing out of Chesapeake Bay. No one was injured, but the battleship remained stuck for over two weeks before being freed from the sand. The ship was so damaged that she had to return to port and enter dry dock for repairs.

  4. Islanders in Chesapeake Bay face exile from rising seas - AOL

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    Research says that residents of Tangier, a steadily shrinking island in the Chesapeake Bay, may have to abandon their homes within 50 years. Islanders in Chesapeake Bay face exile from rising seas ...

  5. Holland Island - Wikipedia

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    Holland Island is a marshy, rapidly eroding island in the Chesapeake Bay, in Dorchester County, Maryland, west of Salisbury.The island was once inhabited by watermen and farmers but has since been abandoned due to sinking of the land's surface associated with isostatic subsidence and sea level rise.

  6. Tangier island is sinking faster than once thought, study finds

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    Scientists view the greater Chesapeake Bay area as a hotspot for local sea level rise. The southern part of the bay has been sinking for centuries. Ice Age glaciers once laid across land to the ...

  7. The Chesapeake Bay Bridge: One of many Maryland ... - AOL

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    The Chesapeake Bay Bridge, connecting the eastern and western shores of Maryland was completed in 1952. Length of the suspension span is 2,922 feet and the roadway is about 200 feet above water at ...

  8. Chesapeake Bay - Wikipedia

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    The Chesapeake Bay (/ ˈ tʃ ɛ s ə p iː k / CHESS-ə-peek) is the largest estuary in the United States. The bay is located in the Mid-Atlantic region and is primarily separated from the Atlantic Ocean by the Delmarva Peninsula, including parts of the Eastern Shore of Maryland, the Eastern Shore of Virginia, and the state of Delaware.

  9. List of shipwrecks in 1899 - Wikipedia

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    List of shipwrecks: 12 January 1899 Ship State Description Forest Hall United Kingdom The barque got in trouble off Porlock, Somerset, England.The Lynmouth Lifeboat Station answered her distress call by taking the lifeboat Louisa (Royal National Lifeboat Institution), pulled by horses and people, overland for 15 miles (24 km) to go to her rescue, climbing 1,423 feet (434 m) during the journey.