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Because Port Canaveral interrupts this movement of sand, each year about 200,000 cubic yards (150,000 m 3) of sand builds up on the beaches located 1 to 2 miles (1.6 to 3.2 km) north of the port's jetties, and sand erodes from the beaches 10 to 15 miles (16 to 24 km) south of the jetties.
Cape Canaveral (Spanish: Cabo Cañaveral) is a cape in Brevard County, Florida, in the United States, near the center of the state's Atlantic coast. Officially Cape Kennedy from 1963 to 1973, it lies east of Merritt Island , separated from it by the Banana River .
The Canaveral National Seashore (CANA) is a National Seashore located between New Smyrna Beach and Titusville, Florida, in Volusia and Brevard Counties. The park, located on a barrier island, was created on January 3, 1975, by an act of Congress.
Location of Playalinda Beach, Florida. Playalinda Beach is on a barrier island separate from the mainland by the Indian River. The first parking spot is located at . Canaveral National Seashore's 24 miles (39 km) of shoreline is the longest stretch of undeveloped public beach on the east coast of Florida.
The Banana River is a 31-mile-long (50 km) [1] lagoon that lies between Cape Canaveral and Merritt Island in Brevard County, Florida in the United States.It is part of the Indian River Lagoon system, and connects at its south end to the Indian River; it is the only part of the lagoon system not in the Intracoastal Waterway.
Landowners felt that Cocoa Beach had more city debt and higher land taxes than they wished to support. [8] The City of Cape Canaveral started in 1961, when a committee was formed to incorporate. [6] Due to paperwork delays the city charter was made into bill 167 and approved by the Florida State Legislature in Tallahassee on May 16, 1963. [9]
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In 2008, Air Force Space Command committed to lease Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 36 to Space Florida for future use by the Athena III launch system. [7] Following the soft-cancellation of the Athena III, Blue Origin leased Complex 36 in 2015 for their New Glenn orbital launch vehicle, [8] which performed its maiden launch in January 2025.