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Barnegat Bay is a small brackish arm of the Atlantic Ocean, approximately 42 miles (68 km) long, along the coast of Ocean County, New Jersey in the United States. It is separated from the Atlantic by the long Island Beach State Park (colloquially called a " barrier island "), as well as by the north end of Long Beach Island , popular segments ...
Passage to Bay Head Harbor and the Barnegat Bay is possible via the Point Pleasant Canal. The present Manasquan River Inlet was dug in the 1920s with the original inlet located at Stockton Lake. [1] The present day inlet is the northern terminus of the Intracoastal Waterway. The inlet is home to the Squan US Coast Guard station.
The Metedeconk River / m ə ˈ t iː d ə k ʌ ŋ k / is a tributary of Barnegat Bay in Ocean County, New Jersey in the United States.. The Metedeconk River flows from its 22.3-mile-long (35.9 km) [1] North and 22.6-mile-long (36.4 km) [1] South Branches to their confluence at Forge Pond, where the river widens (up to just over 1 mile (1.6 km)) and flows southeast for 6 miles (9.7 km) into ...
Roughly bounded by Bay and Atlantic Avenues, Pearl and 3rd Streets; later roughly bounded by Atlantic, Bay, 5th and Chatsworth 39°33′32″N 74°14′31″W / 39.558889°N 74.241944°W / 39.558889; -74.241944 ( Beach Haven Historic
The river empties into the western side of Barnegat Bay, with mid-channel depths of 3.5 to 5 feet (1.1 to 1.5 m). [3] At 124 sq mi (320 km 2), the Toms River subwatershed is the largest drainage area of any river in the Barnegat Bay watershed. [4] It includes 11 municipalities in Ocean County and portions of southwestern Monmouth County. The ...
Aerial photo of the Barnegat Inlet in 1944. Barnegat Inlet is a small inlet connecting the Barnegat Bay with the Atlantic Ocean in Ocean County, New Jersey. It separates Island Beach State Park and the Barnegat Peninsula from Long Beach Island. The Barnegat Lighthouse sits at the northern end of Long Beach Island along the inlet.
On nautical charts, the top of the chart is always true north, rather than magnetic north, towards which a compass points. Most charts include a compass rose depicting the variation between magnetic and true north. However, the use of the Mercator projection has drawbacks. This projection shows the lines of longitude as parallel.
The Barnegat Peninsula, also known as the Island Beach Peninsula or Barnegat Bay Island and colloquially as "the barrier island", is a 20-mile (32 km) long, narrow barrier peninsula located on the Jersey Shore in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States, that divides the Barnegat Bay from the Atlantic Ocean.