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The Pensacola Bay estuarine system, which also includes Escambia Bay, Blackwater Bay, East Bay, Santa Rosa Sound, and the Escambia, Blackwater, Yellow, and East Bay rivers, is 144 square miles, and it is the fourth largest estuarine system in Florida. [1] Pensacola Bay is formed and protected by Fairpoint Peninsula and the barrier island of ...
According to the United States Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 337 square miles (870 km 2), of which 334 square miles (870 km 2) is land and 2.5 square miles (6.5 km 2) (0.7%) is water.
The present-day Port of Pensacola occupies approximately 50 acres of landfill at the southern terminus of Barracks Street in downtown Pensacola, on the site of the former Commendencia Street and Tarragona Street wharves. The Port has eight 33' deep draft berths, 265,000 square feet of warehouse space, and on-dock rail service.
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Pensacola Pass is an inlet between the barrier islands of Santa Rosa Island and Perdido Key connecting the Gulf to Pensacola Bay. Ships and boats use this passage to travel between the two. During the daily flood tide, fresh saltwater enters Pensacola Pass from the Gulf of Mexico; waters are pulled out on the ebb tide, flushing the bay. The ...
A Pensacola Beach sign welcomes drivers from Gulf Breeze Parkway to Pensacola Beach Road. Pensacola Beach is home to some of the tallest buildings between Tallahassee and Mobile, Alabama. [37] The list below ranks the buildings in height. Portofino Towers (255 feet, 78 m). Verandas Tower (255 feet, 78 m). Beach Club (243 feet, 74 m).
National Airlines Flight 193, a Boeing 727, crashed into Escambia Bay during a descent into Pensacola Regional Airport on May 8, 1978. There were 3 fatalities among the 58 people on board. During Hurricane Ivan in September 2004, the storm surge from the Gulf of Mexico came into Escambia Bay, washing out the Interstate 10 Escambia Bay Bridge.
The following is a list of ZIP codes for selected areas within the metropolitan area. Escambia County. 32501 in Pensacola, downtown north of Wright Street; 32502 in Pensacola, downtown south of Wright Street; 32503 in Pensacola, east of Palafox Street; 32504 in Pensacola, northeast Pensacola; 32505 in Pensacola, inner western suburbs