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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.
This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:Islands of New Jersey. It includes Islands that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. Subcategories
Squan Beach is a barrier peninsula that separates the Atlantic Ocean from Barnegat Bay.It abuts the mainland at the north end, and joins Island Beach to the south. Due to the former shifting of the Manasquan Inlet, which at times had been as far north as Stockton Lake, the portion of Manasquan in Monmouth County lying east of Watson's Creek may be considered a truncated portion of Squan Beach.
Island Beach is a barrier spit located on the Jersey Shore of the Atlantic Ocean in Ocean County, New Jersey.Since the closing of Cranberry Inlet about 1812 [1] (approximately at the boundary between Ortley Beach and Seaside Heights), it has been joined physically to Squan Beach, and is a major component of the Barnegat Peninsula.
Sandy Hook, part of the Gateway National Recreation Area. Sandy Hook is a barrier spit in Middletown Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. [3] The barrier spit, approximately 6 miles (9.7 km) in length and varying from 0.1 to 1.0 mile (0.16 to 1.61 km) wide, is located at the north end of the Jersey Shore.
Absecon Island is a barrier island located on the South Jersey Shore of the Atlantic Ocean in Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States.On the island from north to south are the resort communities of Atlantic City, Ventnor City, Margate City, and Longport, with a total population among the four communities of 53,917 as of the 2020 United States census. [1]
Little Beach is a barrier island along the coast of New Jersey. It is believed to be the last uninhabited barrier island left on the U.S. Atlantic coast. It is part of Galloway Township, in Atlantic County, New Jersey. The island is now part of the Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge. Access is permitted only to researchers, who must ...
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