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Chincoteague Bay (locally / ˈ ʃ ɪ ŋ k ə t iː ɡ,-t ɪ ɡ, ˌ ʃ ɪ ŋ k ə ˈ t iː ɡ /) is a lagoon between the Atlantic barrier islands of Assateague and Chincoteague and the mainland of Worcester County, Maryland and northern Accomack County, Virginia.
The town includes the whole of Chincoteague Island and an area of adjacent water. The population was 3,344 at the 2020 census. [ 5 ] The town is a tourist gateway to the Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge on adjacent Assateague Island , [ 6 ] the location of a popular recreational beach and home of the Virginia herd of Chincoteague Ponies .
It is divided between Maryland and Virginia and is home to a feral horse population, the Chincoteague Pony. Chincoteague Island- was a barrier island until the mid-19th Century, when Assateague migrated so far south that it shielded Chincoteague from the ocean. Thus, now it is technically a backbarrier island, like Rogue and Skidmore islands ...
Chincoteague Inlet is found lying between Assateague Island and Wallops Island on the Eastern Shore of Virginia. It is 30 miles south-southwestward from the Ocean City, MD Inlet. The approach has no sea buoy, however lighted buoy (R "2"), marking Chincoteague Shoals, is located ESE of the entrance at 37°47’25" N / 075°22’21" W, and can be ...
Captain Timothy Hill House is a historic home located at Chincoteague Island, Accomack County, Virginia. It was built about 1800, and moved to its present location in 1980 when faced with demolition. It is a 1 + 1 ⁄ 2-story dwelling that was built using pit sawn and hewn pine planks and measures 17 feet, 4 inches, by 16 feet, 4 inches. It ...
Chincoteague (crater), impact crater in the Cebrenia quadrangle of Mars; Chincoteague Fire Department, a historic building in Chincoteague, Virginia; Chincoteague High School, a public high school in Accomack County, Virginia; Chincoteague Island Library, an historic building in Chincoteague, Virginia
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