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Penfield Reef has been called one of the most treacherous areas of western Long Island Sound. [7] The structure is about 1.1 miles (1.8 km) off Fairfield Beach, on one end of the reef. After discovering structural problems in the tower, The Coast Guard repaired the lighthouse in 2002.
The main shipping channel through Lower New York Bay is the Ambrose Channel, 2,000 feet (600 meters) wide and dredged to a depth of 40 feet (12 meters). The channel is navigable by ships with up to a 37-foot draft at low tide. [ 1 ]
Because of the immense lengths of the New York Bight and Atlantic shorelines (Montauk Point, N.Y. to Cape May, N.J.), research has shown that ocean water displaced by the barrier system would only increase coastal surges adjacent to the barrier by a few inches on the ocean and western Long Island Sound sides. [52]
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PIX11 reports that crews are working in the Long Island Sound to clamp a leak on a power line that was cut back on January 6th and started leaking hundreds of gallons of oil. The emergency ...
The Stratford Shoal Light is located roughly midway between New York and Connecticut (hence its alternate name Middleground or Middle Ground Light), 5 nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) from Old Field Point Light in New York and 5.5 nautical miles (10.2 km; 6.3 mi) from Stratford Point Light in Connecticut. [6]
Get the Grand Island, NY local weather forecast by the hour and the next 10 days. ... Use this interactive map to track snowfall accumulation Wednesday. ... The Weather Channel 12 hours ago
Columbia Island (formerly Little Pea Island), is an island in the Long Island Sound and part of New Rochelle, New York, United States. It is situated off the south-eastern coast of Davids Island, immediately adjacent to Pea Island. Before sea walls and other structures were built on the island, the exposed rock varied in size from about one ...