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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.
Tangier Sound is a sound of the Chesapeake Bay bounded on the west by Tangier Island in Virginia, and Smith Island and South Marsh Island in Maryland, by Deal Island in Maryland on the north, and the mainland of the Eastern Shore of Maryland and Pocomoke Sound on the east. It stretches into Virginia as far south as Watts Island.
The York River was formerly known as the Pamunkey River by the Native Americans.Colonists of the Virginia Company in the 17th century first called it the Charles River. On the north bank (the Middle Peninsula), in what is now Gloucester County, the chief of the Powhatan Confederacy maintained Werowocomoco, one of two capitals of the paramount chiefdom at the time of European contact before 1609.
The Chester River is a major tributary of the Chesapeake Bay on the Delmarva Peninsula.It is about 43 miles (69 km) long, [1] and its watershed encompasses 368 sq mi (950 km 2), which includes 295 sq mi (760 km 2) of land.
Thimble Shoal Light is a sparkplug lighthouse in the Virginia portion of Chesapeake Bay, north of the Hampton Roads channel. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] The third light at this location, it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places .
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 ...
1.1 Atlantic Ocean north of Chesapeake Bay. 1.2 Chesapeake Bay. 1.3 Atlantic Ocean south of Chesapeake Bay. 1.4 Mississippi River. 1.4.1 Tennessee River. 1.4.2 Ohio ...
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