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They are Upper New York Bay and Lower New York Bay. The term New York Harbor usually refers to Upper New York Bay and the surrounding Port of New York and New Jersey, but sometimes is taken to be a synonym for New York Bay. Upper New York Bay includes several islands. Liberty Island is the location of the Statue of Liberty.
New York Harbor [1] [2] [3] is a bay that covers all of the Upper Bay and an extremely small portion of the Lower Bay. It is at the mouth of the Hudson River where it empties into New York/New Jersey Bight near the East River tidal estuary , and then into the Atlantic Ocean on the East Coast of the United States .
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 27 January 2025. Florentine explorer of North America for France "Verrazzano" redirects here. For other uses, see Verrazano (disambiguation). Giovanni da Verrazzano Born 1485 Val di Greve, Republic of Florence (present-day Italy) Died 1528 (aged 42–43) Unclear; possibly Guadeloupe (uncolonized ...
Collect Pond, or Fresh Water Pond, [1] was a body of fresh water in what is now Chinatown in Lower Manhattan, New York City. For the first two centuries of European settlement in Manhattan , it was the main New York City water supply system for the growing city.
Despite growing doubts, Columbus refused to accept he had not reached the Indies. During the voyage he discovered the mouth of the Orinoco River on the north coast of South America (now Venezuela) and thought that the huge quantity of fresh water coming from it could only be from a continental land mass, which he was certain was the Asian mainland.
The next morning, an outpost at Verplanck's Point fired on the ship, which sailed back down river. André was forced to return to New York City by land; [41]: 151–6 however, he was captured near Tarrytown on September 23 by three Westchester militiamen, and later was hanged. Arnold later fled to New York City aboard HMS Vulture. [41]: 159
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The five boroughs of New York City. New York City is located on the coast of the Northeastern United States at the mouth of the Hudson River in southeastern New York state. It is located in the New York–New Jersey Harbor Estuary, the centerpiece of which is the New York Harbor, whose deep waters and sheltered bays helped the city grow in significance as a trading city.