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The Virginia Barrier Islands forming a line along the eastern coast of Delmarva.. The Virginia Barrier Islands are a continuous chain of long, narrow, low-lying, sand and scrub barrier islands separated from one another by narrow inlets and from the mainland by a series of shallow marshy tidal bays along the entire coast of the Virginia end of the Delmarva Peninsula.
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The place name East Coast derives from the idea that the contiguous 48 states are defined by two major coastlines, one at the western edge and one on the eastern edge. Other terms for referring to this area include the Eastern Seaboard, which is another term for coastline, [3] Atlantic Coast, and Atlantic Seaboard because the coastline lies along the Atlantic Ocean.
As of 2019, Great Fox Island was 34 acres (0.14 km 2) in size, down from 400 acres (1.6 km 2) in 1773. This has been attributed to a combination of erosion and sea level rise due to climate change. [1] The island is located in the Chesapeake Bay in Accomack County, Virginia, slightly south of the state line with Maryland. [2]
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Smith Island remained in the Custis-Lee family until 1911 and continued to be used for grazing cattle through the mid 1920s. [5] In the mid 20th century the island was home to a waterfowl hunting club. The Cape Charles Lighthouse is located on Smith Island. The current lighthouse, an octagonal steel skeleton tower, is the third lighthouse built ...