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Barnegat Bay is a small brackish arm of the Atlantic Ocean, approximately 42 miles (68 km) long, along the coast of Ocean County, New Jersey in the United States. It is separated from the Atlantic by the long Island Beach State Park (colloquially called a " barrier island "), as well as by the north end of Long Beach Island , popular segments ...
The Metedeconk River / m ə ˈ t iː d ə k ʌ ŋ k / is a tributary of Barnegat Bay in Ocean County, New Jersey in the United States.. The Metedeconk River flows from its 22.3-mile-long (35.9 km) [1] North and 22.6-mile-long (36.4 km) [1] South Branches to their confluence at Forge Pond, where the river widens (up to just over 1 mile (1.6 km)) and flows southeast for 6 miles (9.7 km) into ...
Aerial photo of the Barnegat Inlet in 1944. Barnegat Inlet is a small inlet connecting the Barnegat Bay with the Atlantic Ocean in Ocean County, New Jersey. It separates Island Beach State Park and the Barnegat Peninsula from Long Beach Island. The Barnegat Lighthouse sits at the northern end of Long Beach Island along the inlet.
The river empties into the western side of Barnegat Bay, with mid-channel depths of 3.5 to 5 feet (1.1 to 1.5 m). [3] At 124 sq mi (320 km 2), the Toms River subwatershed is the largest drainage area of any river in the Barnegat Bay watershed. [4] It includes 11 municipalities in Ocean County and portions of southwestern Monmouth County. The ...
It is probable, however, that it broke through about 1750. It is laid down on Lewis Evans's map, 1755, and in Jeffrey's (English) map, same year, and on the latter and other maps it is called New Inlet. On Jeffrey's map Tom's River is called Goose Creek, and Barnegat Bay is called Flat Bay Sound.
The distressed mariner was handed off to a crew in a 29-foot response boat from U.S. Coast Guard Station Barnegat Light. The man, who was wearing a life vest, suffered no major injuries, the U.S ...
The full-time park caretaker will reside in an 882-square-foot “efficiency apartment” located on the second floor of this outbuilding behind the Cedar Bridge Tavern in Barnegat.
The Barnegat Peninsula, also known as the Island Beach Peninsula or Barnegat Bay Island and colloquially as "the barrier island", is a 20-mile (32 km) long, narrow barrier peninsula located on the Jersey Shore in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States, that divides the Barnegat Bay from the Atlantic Ocean.