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The bolide made impact at a speed of approximately 17.8 kilometers per second (11.1 miles per second), [4] punching a deep hole through the sediments and into the granite continental basement rock. The bolide itself was completely vaporized, fracturing the basement rock to depths of 8 km (5 mi), and raising a peak ring around it.
The Virginia Barrier Islands forming a line along the eastern coast of Delmarva.. The Virginia Barrier Islands are a continuous chain of long, narrow, low-lying, sand and scrub barrier islands separated from one another by narrow inlets and from the mainland by a series of shallow marshy tidal bays along the entire coast of the Virginia end of the Delmarva Peninsula.
The Dismal Swamp Canal was authorized by Virginia in 1787 and by North Carolina in 1790. Construction began in 1793 and was completed in 1805. Construction began in 1793 and was completed in 1805. The canal, as well as a railroad constructed through part of the swamp in 1830, enabled the harvest of timber. [ 20 ]
Name Image Date Location County Ownership Description Butler Cave- Breathing Cave: 1973: Bath: Private Two major cave systems that contain a 40-foot (12 m) waterfall, a natural bridge, unusually fine crystalline formations, and an underground lake.
Chincoteague (/ ˌ ʃ ɪ ŋ k ə ˈ t iː ɡ / or / ˈ ʃ ɪ ŋ k ə t iː ɡ /) is a town in Accomack County, Virginia, U.S.The town includes the whole of Chincoteague Island and an area of adjacent water.
Encyclopedia Virginia ' s logo began depicting the region in 2018, after the inauguration of Ralph Northam, the second Governor of Virginia from the Eastern Shore. [7] Geographically removed from the rest of Virginia, it has had a unique history of settlement and development influenced by agriculture, fishing, tourism, and the Pennsylvania ...
A gun-shaped hole became a bizarre sensation in Virginia — and even had its own sidewalk shrine. Now, the so-called “gun hole” has returned to a Richmond neighborhood after a brief hiatus ...
Dry River Gap on U.S. Route 33 in Virginia to Harrisonburg-Franklin; Buffalo Gap on Virginia State Route 42 to Clifton Forge; Goshen Pass on the Maury River; Allison Gap, Virginia on Poor Valley Road 613, Smyth County; East Stone Gap, Virginia on Orby Cantrell Highway or U.S. Route 58 Alternate; Big Stone Gap, Virginia