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Cockle Creek (Virginia)

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River in the United States
Cockle Creek
Cockle Creek (Virginia) is located in VirginiaCockle Creek (Virginia)Location of mouth
Location
CountryUnited States
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationChincoteague Inlet
 • elevationsea level
Mouth 
 • locationChincoteague Bay
 • coordinates37°54′54″N 75°26′39″W / 37.914898°N 75.444144°W / 37.914898; -75.444144
 • elevationsea level
Length3.5 miles (5.6 km)

Cockle Creek is a 3.5-mile-long (5.6 km) stream in Chincoteague, Virginia between Chincoteague Inlet to the south and Chincoteague Bay to the north. It was the site of a naval battle during the American Civil War, the Battle of Cockle Creek.

See also

References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2016-06-30 at the Wayback Machine, accessed April 1, 2011
  2. GMCO Maps & Charts. GMCO's Fishing & Recreation Map of Chincoteague-Assateague, Virginia, 2003.


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