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The following is list of beaches in the U.S. states, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. territories. Beaches occur both on the ocean shoreline and inland on lakes, rivers, etc. This list is organized by major coastline. States with large numbers of beaches are listed on linked subarticles.
Partial map of Rhode Island beaches. Rhode Island has saltwater beaches along Narragansett Bay and the Atlantic Ocean from which it gets its state nickname, "The Ocean State". In addition, the state has several freshwater beaches along its rivers.
Atlantic coast: New York: September 11, 1964: 19,579.47 acres (79.2 km 2) Fire Island, a barrier island south of Long Island, has the historic William Floyd House and Fire Island Lighthouse. The beaches and dunes are complemented by a sunken forest, wetlands, and seventeen communities. [23]
The Jersey Shore, commonly called the Shore by locals, is the coastal region of the U.S. state of New Jersey.The term encompasses about 141 miles (227 km) [1] of oceanfront bordering the Atlantic Ocean, from Perth Amboy in the north to Cape May Point in the south.
The place name East Coast derives from the idea that the contiguous 48 states are defined by two major coastlines, one at the western edge and one on the eastern edge. Other terms for referring to this area include the Eastern Seaboard, which is another term for coastline, [2] Atlantic Coast, and Atlantic Seaboard because the coastline lies along the Atlantic Ocean.
The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest of ... False color map of ocean depth in the Atlantic ... Marine debris strewn over the beaches of the South Atlantic ...
Assateague Island is a 37-mile (60 km) long barrier island located off the eastern coast of the Delmarva Peninsula facing the Atlantic Ocean. [1] The northern two-thirds of the island are in Maryland, and the southern third is in Virginia. The Maryland section contains the majority of Assateague Island National Seashore and Assateague State Park.
* New York has both ocean and Great Lakes coastline. This is a list of U.S. states and territories ranked by their coastline length. 30 states have a coastline: 23 with a coastline on the Arctic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean (including the Gulf of Mexico and Gulf of Maine), and/or Pacific Ocean, and 8 with a Great Lakes shoreline.