Misplaced Pages

New York–New Jersey Harbor Estuary: Difference between revisions

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
Browse history interactively← Previous editContent deleted Content addedVisualWikitext
Revision as of 16:08, 11 December 2004 editFerkelparade (talk | contribs)9,600 editsm →Islands: dab city island← Previous edit Latest revision as of 02:59, 7 December 2024 edit undoInternetArchiveBot (talk | contribs)Bots, Pending changes reviewers5,381,504 edits Rescuing 2 sources and tagging 0 as dead.) #IABot (v2.0.9.5) (Pancho507 - 22007 
(338 intermediate revisions by more than 100 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
{{Short description|One of the most intricate natural harbors in the world}}
This article provides an index of natural geographic features of the extended area of ]. The area of ] is one of the most intricate natural harbors in the world, a fact that is reflected in the diversity of place names. The list includes features within ] of ], as well as natural features in ] that are part of the extended water system.
] map showing New York–New Jersey Harbor Estuary's ] and ]]]


]/LOC copy of the ] of 1639]]
==Rivers and Streams==


]
*]
] image of New York–New Jersey Harbor Estuary]]
] as of 2010]]
]
The '''New York–New Jersey Harbor Estuary''', also known as the '''Hudson-Raritan Estuary''', is in the ] states of ] and ] on the ]. The system of waterways of the ] forms one of the most intricate natural harbors in the world<ref>{{cite web|url=http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/maps/hudson-raritan-estuary/ |title=Hudson-Raritan Estuary |publisher=National Geographic Society |date=14 November 2016|access-date=28 March 2017}}{{dead link|date=November 2023|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://nctc.fws.gov/pubs5/web_link/text/urb_core.htm|title=Urban Core|access-date=28 March 2017}}</ref> and one of the busiest ]. The harbor opens onto the ] in the ] to the southeast and ] to the northeast.

Although the overall form of the ] remains unchanged from the time of ]'s visit in 1524, all parts have changed at least a little, and some parts, such as ] and ], have been almost completely altered. In the greatest hidden change, the navigational channels have been deepened from the natural {{convert|17|ft}} depth to {{convert|45|ft}}. In some places this required blasting of ].<ref>http://www.harborestuary.org/watersweshare/pdfs/CRP/2_Existing_Conditions.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref>

There is an extremely complex system of tides and currents. Both the Bight and the Sound are essentially ] bodies with ]s and ], but the Sound compared to the Atlantic is about 20–30% less saline (as an estuary), and the tide is about 3 hours later with as much as 70% more variation. Rivers add a ], non-tidal inflow although the tide and ]ness extend well up rivers<ref>NOAA Tides and Current web site FAQ page. See .</ref> throughout the extended hydrologic system from ] to ] to the ] region of the New York Bight. The New York Harbor Observing and Prediction System (NYHOPS)<ref></ref> utilizes information from sensors, weather forecasts, and environment models to provide real-time forecasts of meteorological and oceanographic conditions in the area.

Since the ] beaches along the shores of the East Coast have been regularly ] with sand pumped in from off-shore.<ref>{{cite news | last = Muka | first = Samantha | title = Building Beaches: Beach Nourishment in the United States | date = August 11, 2015 | url =http://edgeeffects.net/building-beaches/ | access-date = 10 April 2017 | quote =New York State has the longest history of nourishment in the country. The first beach nourishment project was the construction and expansion of the shoreline off of Coney Island and Brighton Beach.}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine | last = Seabrook |first = John |title =The Beach Builders |magazine = The New Yorker |date = July 22, 2013 |url = http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/07/22/the-beach-builders |access-date = 18 April 2017}}</ref> The ] (USACE) coordinates the projects.<ref>{{cite news |title = NY District Coastal Storm Risk Reduction Projects and Studies Map |publisher = USACE |url = http://www.nan.usace.army.mil/About/Hurricane_Sandy/Coastal-Storm-Risk-Reduction-Projects-and-Studies/ |access-date = 19 April 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last = Anderson |first = Jenny |title = Rebuilding the Coastline, but at What Cost? |work = The New York Times |date = May 18, 2013 |url = https://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/19/nyregion/rebuilding-the-coastline-but-at-what-cost.html | access-date = 19 April 2017}}</ref>

In 2016, USACE and the ] produced a comprehensive restoration plan for the ] region, with proposals to mitigate the effects of ] through projects to restore natural areas.<ref>{{cite report | title = Hudson=Raritan Estuary Comprehensive Restoration Plan | publisher = USACE | date = June 1, 2016 | url = http://www.nan.usace.army.mil/Portals/37/docs/harbor/Final%20CRP_2016-06-27_v1.0.pdf?ver=2016-06-29-170128-157 | access-date = 19 April 2017}}</ref> In September the USACE released the New York New Jersey Harbor and Tributaries Study (HATS).<ref>{{Cite report |title = New York New Jersey Harbor and Tributaries Study |publisher = USACE |year = 2022 |url = https://hats-cenan.hub.arcgis.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last = Barnard |first = Anne |title = A $52 Billion Proposal Aims to Protect New York Harbor From Storm Surges|newspaper = The New York Times |date = September 26, 2022 |url = https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/26/nyregion/storm-project-new-york-harbor-flooding.html |accessdate = October 29, 2022}}</ref>

==Features of the harbor estuary==
[[Image:NYH gna41074 5.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|
1. ]<br />
2. ]<br />
3. ]<br />
4. ]<br />
5. ]<br />
6. ]<br />
7. ]<br />
8. ]<br />
9. ]-]<br />
10. ]<br />
11. Mud Dump Site<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/granule/FR-1997-08-29/97-23028|title=62 FR 46142 - Simultaneous De-designation and Termination of the Mud Dump Site and Designation of the Historic Area Remediation Site|access-date=28 March 2017}}</ref><br />
12. ]<br />
A. ]<br />
B. ]<br />
C. ]<br />
D. ]<br />
E. ]<br />
F. ]-]<br />
G. ]<br />
H. ]<br />
i. ]<br />
j. ]<br />
(This is <!--NOAA provided with the consent that image is--> '''''{{srlink|Misplaced Pages:Risk disclaimer|not for navigation}}'''''.)]]

The lists below includes features of the ] with a waterborne emphasis, starting with natural features. Where possible the list proceeds from the Lower Bay entrance approximately clockwise around the Harbor. The alternative sorting is by jurisdiction.

Official references are the ] Coastal pilot,<ref name="nyh_pilot"> {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061005173744/http://nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/nsd/CP2/CP2-35ed-Ch11_2.pdf |date=2006-10-05 }}, New York Harbor and Approaches, {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200813205943/http://nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/nsd/coastpilot2.htm |date=2020-08-13 }}, 35th Edition, 2006, , ].</ref> NOAA ]s,<ref name="nyh_chart">NOAA nautical charts
''New York Harbor'' (1:40,000 scale),
''Sandy Hook to Little Egg'',
''Jamaica Bay and Rockaway Inlet'',
,
''New York Lower Bay'',
''Raritan Bay and southern part of Arthur Kill'',
''Raritan River'',
''Kill van Kull and northern part of Arthur Kill'',
''New York Harbor (Upper Bay and Narrows'',
,
,
,
{{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926224611/http://205.156.4.52/cgi-bin/EyeSpy.dll?launchpad&D%3A%2FEyeSpy%2Fimages%2FOnline_Chart_Viewer%2F12341.axs&wsx=650&wsy=500&bgcolor=ffffff&aligX=1&aligY= |date=2007-09-26 }},
{{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926224449/http://205.156.4.52/cgi-bin/EyeSpy.dll?launchpad&D%3A%2FEyeSpy%2Fimages%2FOnline_Chart_Viewer%2F12339.axs&wsx=650&wsy=500&bgcolor=ffffff&aligX=1&aligY= |date=2007-09-26 }},
{{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926224336/http://205.156.4.52/cgi-bin/EyeSpy.dll?launchpad&D%3A%2FEyeSpy%2Fimages%2FOnline_Chart_Viewer%2F12366.axs&wsx=650&wsy=500&bgcolor=ffffff&aligX=1&aligY= |date=2007-09-26 }} ''Long Island Sound and East River'', found on page ]s {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060902103509/http://www.nauticalcharts.gov/viewer/AtlanticCoastTable.htm |date=2006-09-02 }}, Office of Coast Survey,
].</ref> and ] topographic maps.<ref name="usgs_topo">
USGS topographic maps, 1:24,000 scale, listed from west to east (in a row), then north to south:
*Yonkers, Mount Vernon, Mamaroneck;
*Orange, Weehawken, Central Park Flushing, Seacliff;
*Elizabeth, Jersey City, Brooklyn, Jamaica, Lynbrook;
*Perth Amboy, Arthur Kill The Narrows, Coney Island, Far Rockaway;
*South Amboy, Keyport, Sandy Hook West, Sandy Hook East.</ref>
Many jurisdictional issues appear in U.S. law.<ref name="usc33"> {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060926155206/http://uscode.house.gov/pdf/2001/2001usc33.pdf |date=2006-09-26 }} USC. See Section 59.</ref>

==Rivers and streams==
'''Bi-state'''
*]
*] (lowest section also called the ])

'''New Jersey'''
{{div col|colwidth=25em}}
*]
*]
*]
*]
*]
*]
**] (a.k.a. Mill Brook)
**]
**]
*]
*]
*]
*]
*]
*]
{{div col end}}
'''New York'''

{{div col|colwidth=25em}}
*]
*] *]
*]
*] *]
*] *]
*]
*] *]
*]
*]
*] (formerly Gowanus Creek) *] (formerly Gowanus Creek)
*] *]
*]
*] (])
**]
**]
*] *]
*] *]
*] *]
*] *]
*] *]
*]
*]
*] *]
*] **]
*] **]
*] **]
*] **Whale Creek
*]
*]
*]
*]
*] *]
*]
*]
{{div col end}}


==Tidal Straits== ==Tidal straits==
'''Inter-state'''
*]
*] *]
*]
*]

'''New York'''
{{div col|colwidth=25em}}
*] *]
*] *]
Line 34: Line 144:
*] *]
*] *]
*]
*]
*] *]
*] *]
*] *]
*] *]
{{div col end}}


==Bays, Inlets, and Coves== ==Bays, inlets and coves==
*] ''']'''
*] *''']'''
*] **]
**]
*]
*]
*]
*]
*]
**]
**]
**] **]
***]
***]
***] ***]
***] ***]
****]
***]
***]
***]
**]
**] **]
**] **]
*] ***]
**Rockaway Inlet
***]
***]
*''']'''
**Atlantic Basin
**]
**Erie Basin
**]
**]
**]
**Long Canal
**] Basin
**]
**]

''']'''
{{div col|colwidth=25em}}
*]
*]
*]
**]
*Hallets Cove
*]
*] *]
*] *] (Navy Yard Basin)
*] *]
{{div col end}}

''']'''
==Port facilities==
{{div col|colwidth=25em}}
*]
*] *]
*] *]
*] *]
*] *]
*]
*]
*] *]
*]
*]
{{div col end}}


==Islands== ==Islands==

*]
===Bi-state===
*]
*]—All of the landfill portion of Ellis Island beyond its 1834 waterfront is in ], as is all water surrounding Liberty and Ellis Islands. The original island is an exclave in New York State.<ref name="ellis_nj">All of the landfill portion of Ellis Island beyond its 1834 waterfront is in Hudson County, NJ. All water surrounding Liberty and Ellis Islands is in Hudson County.</ref>
*]
*], ] of ] within surrounding waters of Jersey City
*]
*] at head of Kill Van Kull in Newark Bay, part in New Jersey and part in New York
*]

*]
===New Jersey===
*]
*Plum Island, Sandy Hook Bay
*]

===New York===
{{col-begin|width=auto}}
{{col-break}}
'''Bronx County'''
*]
** ]
** ]
** ]
** ]
** ]
** ]
** ]
** ]
** ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
{{col-break|gap=10em}}
'''Kings County'''
*]
Jamaica Bay islands
* ]
* ]

'''New York County'''
*] *]
Upper Bay islands
*]
*] * ]<ref name="ellis_nj"/>
* ]
* ]
East River islands
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
{{col-break|gap=10em}}
'''Queens County'''
*] *]
Jamaica Bay islands
*]
*Rulers Bar Hassock
*]

*]
'''Richmond County'''
*]
*] * ]
*] * ] (formerly "Orchard Shoals")
*] * ]
*] * ]
*] * ]
*] (Belmont Island) * ]

*]
'''Westchester County'''
*]
** ]
** ]
{{col-end}}


==Land features== ==Land features==
'''New Jersey'''
{{div col|colwidth=25em}}
*]
*] *]
*] (formerly an island)
*] *]
*] *]
*]
*]
*] *]
*]
*]
{{div col end}}
'''New York'''
{{div col|colwidth=25em}}
*] (formerly an island)
*Fort Washington Point
*]
*]
*] *]
*]
*] *]
*] *]
*] *]
{{div col end}}

==Banks and shoals==
{{col-begin|width=auto}}
{{col-break}}
'''Lower Bay'''
*East Bank
*False Hook
*Flynns Knoll
*Old Orchard Shoal
*Romer Shoal
*West Bank
{{col-break|gap=10em}}
'''Upper Bay'''
*Bay Ridge Flats
*Dimond Reef
*Gowanus Flats
*Jersey Flats
{{col-break|gap=10em}}
'''East River'''
*College Point Reef
*Hog Back
*Holmes Rock
*Lawrence Point Ledge
*Mill Rock
*Rhinelander Reef
*South Brother Ledge
* Ways Reef
{{col-end}}

==Navigational channels==
{{col-begin|width=auto}}
{{col-break}}
'''Lower Bay'''
*]
*Atlantic Highland Anchorage
*Chapel Hill South Channel
*Coney Island Channel
*Gravesend Bay Anchorage
*Raritan Bay East Reach
*Rockaway Inlet
*Sandy Hook Channel
*Swash Channel
*Terminal Channel

'''Raritan Bay'''
*Red Bank Reach
*Great Beds Reach
*Raritan Bay West Reach
*Raritan River Cutoff
**Perth Amboy Anchorage
**South Amboy Reach
*Seguine Point Bend
*Ward Point Bend (East & West)
*Ward Point Secondary Channel

'''Jamaica Bay'''
*Beach Channel
*Island Channel
*Runway Channel
{{col-break|gap=10em}}
'''Arthur Kill'''
*Fresh Kills Reach
*Elizabeth Port Reach
*Gulfport Reach
*Outerbridge Reach
*Port Reading Reach
*Port Socony Reach
*Pralls Island Reach
*South of Shooters Island Reach
*Tremley Point Reach

'''Newark Bay'''
*Elizabeth Channel
*Newark Bay Middle Reach
*Newark Bay North Reach
*Newark Bay South Reach
*North of Shooters Island Reach
*Port Newark Branch Channel
*Port Newark Pierhead Channel
*South Elizabeth Channel
{{col-break|gap=10em}}
'''Kill van Kull'''
*Bergen East Point Reach
*Bergen West Point Reach
*Constable Hook Reach

'''Upper Bay'''<ref>{{cite web| title = Intent to Prepare a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the New York and New Jersey Harbor Navigation Study: Feasibility Phase| work = Federal Register Volume 63| publisher = Government Printing Office| date = March 24, 1998| url = http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-1998-03-24/html/98-7621.htm| access-date = 2014-08-31}}</ref>
*]<ref name="anchorage:"> {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081029150753/http://www.nan.usace.army.mil/business/buslinks/navig/cntldpth/anchorage.pdf |date=2008-10-29 }}, USACE, Nov. 2004: "Partial Anchorage Channel: Starts approximately 3,990 Ft. seaward of Red Gas #2; Ends approximately 1,660 Ft. landward of Red Light & Bell #21. Authorized project: Width: 2000 ft, Length: 2.34 nmiles, Depth 45 ft.... Shoaling exists and begins approximately 2,230 Ft. seaward of Red Gas #2 and proceeds landward with a length of approximately 600 Ft. and a width of approximately 60 Ft."</ref><ref>, N.Y.S. Department of Environmental Conservation 21/1/2004.</ref><ref>Simplified map Chap. 6, CPIP Toolkit, PANYNJ.</ref>
*Bayridge Channel
*]
*Claremont Terminal Channel
*Port Jersey Channel
*Greenville Channel
*Pierhead Channel
*Red Hook Channel
*Red Hook Flats Anchorage

'''Hudson River'''
* Weehawken Edgewater Channel

'''East River'''
* East Channel
* South Brother Channel
* West Channel
{{col-end}}

==Port facilities==
One of the many duties of the ] is to develop trade interests in the New York-New Jersey area. The Port Authority operates most of the containerized port facilities listed here, and also collaborates with the ] to maintain shipping channels in the harbor.

'''New Jersey''' (numerous privately operated bulk facilities, especially petroleum, are not listed)
*, ] and ]—Port Authority
*, ]—privately operated
*]
*], ] and ]—Port Authority

'''New York'''
*Brooklyn
**]—Port Authority
**]—City of New York
*Staten Island
**]—Port Authority

==Lights and lighthouses==
For lists see<ref name="lights-nps"> and NPS lists.</ref> and.<ref name="lights-friends"> and Lighthouse Friends 2001-2005.</ref> Active unless noted.

'''New Jersey'''
{{div col|colwidth=30em}}
*] (Chapel Hill Front Range)
*]
*]
*]
*]
*]
*] (Range Front)
{{div col end}}
'''New York'''
{{div col|colwidth=30em}}
*]
*] (to Scotland Station, NJ, 1933; decommissioned 1968)
*] (decommissioned 1934)
*] (Nortons Point)
*]
*] (decommissioned 1965)
*]
*]
*] (Swash Channel Range Rear, decommissioned 1964)
*] (decommissioned 1922)
*]
*] (discontinued 1902)
*]
*]
*]
{{div col end}}

==Waterfront jurisdictions==

===Government and other agencies===
*]
*]
*]
*]
*]
*]
*]
*]
*]

===State, county, municipal===
''']'''
{{div col|colwidth=25em}}
*''']'''
**Waterwitch Highlands
**Atlantic Highlands
**Leonardo
**Belford
**Port Monmouth
**Keansburg
**Port Comfort
**Union Beach
**Keyport
*''']'''
**Laurence Harbor
**Morgan
**South Amboy
**]
**Sewaren
**Port Reading
**Chrome
**Carteret
*''']'''
**Tremley Point
**Grasselli
**Linden
**]
***Elizabethport
*''']'''
**]
*''']'''
**]
***]
**]
**]
**]
**]
**]
**]
**]
{{div col end}}
''']'''
{{div col|colwidth=25em}}
*''']'''
**''']''', ]<ref name="ellis_nj"/><ref name="ny_county">Boundaries extend to mid-Hudson on the west, into the Upper Harbor south of Governors Island, to the far pierhead line of the East River, Harlem River and Spuyten Duyvil. The exceptions are the additional areas of ] section included north of the Harlem River (bounded approximately by Johnson Avenue, West 230 Street) and Liberty and Ellis Islands to their original 1834 waterfront. River</ref>
**''']''', ]
***]
***Manhattan Beach
***Brighton Beach
***Coney Island
***Gravesend
***Bensonhurst
***Fort Hamilton
***Bath Beach
***Bay Ridge
***Red Hook
***South Brooklyn
***Brooklyn Heights
**''']''', ]
**:Lower Bay
***Far Rockaway
***Rockaway Point
***Breezy Point
**:East River
***Flushing
***Willets Point
***]
**''']''', ]
***City Island
**''']''', ]
***Port Richmond
***Elm Park
***Mariners Harbor
***West New Brighton
***Sailors Snug Harbor
***New Brighton
***Tottenville
***Charleston
***Port Socony
***Travis
***Chelsea
***St. George
***Tompkinsville
{{div col end}}

==See also==
{{portal|New Jersey|New York (state)}}
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]

==References==
{{reflist|33em}}
{{coord|40|31|00|N|74|02|59|W|scale:500000|display=title}}

==External links==
* , partnership to protect and restore the Harbor Estuary
* , US Army Corps of Engineers
*
* {{cite web| url=http://www.history.com/shows/how-the-earth-was-made/videos/new-york-harbor#new-york-harbor| title=How the Earth Was Made| publisher=© 1996–2011, ]. All Rights Reserved| access-date=2011-09-19}} Video explaining formation of estuary
*
*

{{coastal geography}}



] {{DEFAULTSORT:Geography Of New York-New Jersey Harbor Estuary}}
] ]
]
]
]
]

Latest revision as of 02:59, 7 December 2024

One of the most intricate natural harbors in the world
A 2016 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers map showing New York–New Jersey Harbor Estuary's drainage divide and drainage basin
Harrisse/LOC copy of the Manatus Map of 1639
An 1866 map of New York–New Jersey Harbor Estuary
A 2011 NASA image of New York–New Jersey Harbor Estuary
Population density and elevation above sea level in the New York City metropolitan area as of 2010
An aerial view of New York–New Jersey Harbor Estuary

The New York–New Jersey Harbor Estuary, also known as the Hudson-Raritan Estuary, is in the northeastern states of New Jersey and New York on the East Coast of the United States. The system of waterways of the Port of New York and New Jersey forms one of the most intricate natural harbors in the world and one of the busiest ports of the United States. The harbor opens onto the New York Bight in the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast and Long Island Sound to the northeast.

Although the overall form of the estuary remains unchanged from the time of Giovanni da Verrazzano's visit in 1524, all parts have changed at least a little, and some parts, such as Hell Gate and Ellis Island, have been almost completely altered. In the greatest hidden change, the navigational channels have been deepened from the natural 17 feet (5.2 m) depth to 45 feet (14 m). In some places this required blasting of bedrock.

There is an extremely complex system of tides and currents. Both the Bight and the Sound are essentially marine bodies with tides and saltwater, but the Sound compared to the Atlantic is about 20–30% less saline (as an estuary), and the tide is about 3 hours later with as much as 70% more variation. Rivers add a fresher, non-tidal inflow although the tide and brackishness extend well up rivers throughout the extended hydrologic system from Albany to Montauk Point to the Hudson Canyon region of the New York Bight. The New York Harbor Observing and Prediction System (NYHOPS) utilizes information from sensors, weather forecasts, and environment models to provide real-time forecasts of meteorological and oceanographic conditions in the area.

Since the Ash Wednesday Storm of 1962 beaches along the shores of the East Coast have been regularly replenished with sand pumped in from off-shore. The United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) coordinates the projects.

In 2016, USACE and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey produced a comprehensive restoration plan for the New York Harbor region, with proposals to mitigate the effects of sea level rise through projects to restore natural areas. In September the USACE released the New York New Jersey Harbor and Tributaries Study (HATS).

Features of the harbor estuary

1. Upper New York Bay
2. Lower New York Bay
3. Newark Bay
4. Hudson River
5. East River
6. Raritan Bay
7. Jamaica Bay
8. Long Island Sound
9. New York Bight-North Atlantic
10. Ambrose Channel
11. Mud Dump Site
12. Hudson Canyon
A. Manhattan
B. Brooklyn
C. Staten Island
D. Queens
E. The Bronx
F. Bayonne-Jersey City
G. Newark
H. Raritan Bayshore
i. Rockaway Point
j. Sandy Hook
(This is not for navigation.)

The lists below includes features of the Port of New York and New Jersey with a waterborne emphasis, starting with natural features. Where possible the list proceeds from the Lower Bay entrance approximately clockwise around the Harbor. The alternative sorting is by jurisdiction.

Official references are the NOAA Coastal pilot, NOAA nautical charts, and USGS topographic maps. Many jurisdictional issues appear in U.S. law.

Rivers and streams

Bi-state

New Jersey

New York

Tidal straits

Inter-state

New York

Bays, inlets and coves

New York Bay

East River

Long Island Sound

Islands

Bi-state

  • Ellis Island—All of the landfill portion of Ellis Island beyond its 1834 waterfront is in Jersey City, New Jersey, as is all water surrounding Liberty and Ellis Islands. The original island is an exclave in New York State.
  • Liberty Island, exclave of New York within surrounding waters of Jersey City
  • Shooters Island at head of Kill Van Kull in Newark Bay, part in New Jersey and part in New York

New Jersey

New York

Bronx County

Kings County

Jamaica Bay islands

New York County

Upper Bay islands

East River islands

Queens County

Jamaica Bay islands

  • Rulers Bar Hassock

Richmond County

Westchester County

Land features

New Jersey

New York

Banks and shoals

Lower Bay

  • East Bank
  • False Hook
  • Flynns Knoll
  • Old Orchard Shoal
  • Romer Shoal
  • West Bank

Upper Bay

  • Bay Ridge Flats
  • Dimond Reef
  • Gowanus Flats
  • Jersey Flats

East River

  • College Point Reef
  • Hog Back
  • Holmes Rock
  • Lawrence Point Ledge
  • Mill Rock
  • Rhinelander Reef
  • South Brother Ledge
  • Ways Reef

Navigational channels

Lower Bay

  • Ambrose Channel
  • Atlantic Highland Anchorage
  • Chapel Hill South Channel
  • Coney Island Channel
  • Gravesend Bay Anchorage
  • Raritan Bay East Reach
  • Rockaway Inlet
  • Sandy Hook Channel
  • Swash Channel
  • Terminal Channel

Raritan Bay

  • Red Bank Reach
  • Great Beds Reach
  • Raritan Bay West Reach
  • Raritan River Cutoff
    • Perth Amboy Anchorage
    • South Amboy Reach
  • Seguine Point Bend
  • Ward Point Bend (East & West)
  • Ward Point Secondary Channel

Jamaica Bay

  • Beach Channel
  • Island Channel
  • Runway Channel

Arthur Kill

  • Fresh Kills Reach
  • Elizabeth Port Reach
  • Gulfport Reach
  • Outerbridge Reach
  • Port Reading Reach
  • Port Socony Reach
  • Pralls Island Reach
  • South of Shooters Island Reach
  • Tremley Point Reach

Newark Bay

  • Elizabeth Channel
  • Newark Bay Middle Reach
  • Newark Bay North Reach
  • Newark Bay South Reach
  • North of Shooters Island Reach
  • Port Newark Branch Channel
  • Port Newark Pierhead Channel
  • South Elizabeth Channel

Kill van Kull

  • Bergen East Point Reach
  • Bergen West Point Reach
  • Constable Hook Reach

Upper Bay

  • Anchorage Channel
  • Bayridge Channel
  • Buttermilk Channel
  • Claremont Terminal Channel
  • Port Jersey Channel
  • Greenville Channel
  • Pierhead Channel
  • Red Hook Channel
  • Red Hook Flats Anchorage

Hudson River

  • Weehawken Edgewater Channel

East River

  • East Channel
  • South Brother Channel
  • West Channel

Port facilities

One of the many duties of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is to develop trade interests in the New York-New Jersey area. The Port Authority operates most of the containerized port facilities listed here, and also collaborates with the Army Corps of Engineers to maintain shipping channels in the harbor.

New Jersey (numerous privately operated bulk facilities, especially petroleum, are not listed)

New York

Lights and lighthouses

For lists see and. Active unless noted.

New Jersey

New York

Waterfront jurisdictions

Government and other agencies

State, county, municipal

New Jersey

New York

See also

References

  1. "Hudson-Raritan Estuary". National Geographic Society. 14 November 2016. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
  2. "Urban Core". Retrieved 28 March 2017.
  3. http://www.harborestuary.org/watersweshare/pdfs/CRP/2_Existing_Conditions.pdf
  4. NOAA Tides and Current web site FAQ page. See discussion of hydraulic currents.
  5. NYHOPS
  6. Muka, Samantha (August 11, 2015). "Building Beaches: Beach Nourishment in the United States". Retrieved 10 April 2017. New York State has the longest history of nourishment in the country. The first beach nourishment project was the construction and expansion of the shoreline off of Coney Island and Brighton Beach.
  7. Seabrook, John (July 22, 2013). "The Beach Builders". The New Yorker. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
  8. "NY District Coastal Storm Risk Reduction Projects and Studies Map". USACE. Retrieved 19 April 2017.
  9. Anderson, Jenny (May 18, 2013). "Rebuilding the Coastline, but at What Cost?". The New York Times. Retrieved 19 April 2017.
  10. Hudson=Raritan Estuary Comprehensive Restoration Plan (PDF) (Report). USACE. June 1, 2016. Retrieved 19 April 2017.
  11. New York New Jersey Harbor and Tributaries Study (Report). USACE. 2022.
  12. Barnard, Anne (September 26, 2022). "A $52 Billion Proposal Aims to Protect New York Harbor From Storm Surges". The New York Times. Retrieved October 29, 2022.
  13. "62 FR 46142 - Simultaneous De-designation and Termination of the Mud Dump Site and Designation of the Historic Area Remediation Site". Retrieved 28 March 2017.
  14. Chapter 11 Archived 2006-10-05 at the Wayback Machine, New York Harbor and Approaches, Coast Pilot 2 Archived 2020-08-13 at the Wayback Machine, 35th Edition, 2006, Office of Coast Survey, NOAA.
  15. NOAA nautical charts 12327 New York Harbor (1:40,000 scale), 12324 Sandy Hook to Little Egg, 12350 Jamaica Bay and Rockaway Inlet, 12402, 12401 New York Lower Bay, 12331 Raritan Bay and southern part of Arthur Kill, 12332 Raritan River, 12333 Kill van Kull and northern part of Arthur Kill, 12334 New York Harbor (Upper Bay and Narrows, 12337, 12335, 12338, 12341 Archived 2007-09-26 at the Wayback Machine, 12339 Archived 2007-09-26 at the Wayback Machine, 12366 Archived 2007-09-26 at the Wayback Machine Long Island Sound and East River, found on page Nautical charts Atlantic Coast charts online Archived 2006-09-02 at the Wayback Machine, Office of Coast Survey, NOAA.
  16. USGS topographic maps, 1:24,000 scale, listed from west to east (in a row), then north to south:
    • Yonkers, Mount Vernon, Mamaroneck;
    • Orange, Weehawken, Central Park Flushing, Seacliff;
    • Elizabeth, Jersey City, Brooklyn, Jamaica, Lynbrook;
    • Perth Amboy, Arthur Kill The Narrows, Coney Island, Far Rockaway;
    • South Amboy, Keyport, Sandy Hook West, Sandy Hook East.
  17. Title 33. Navigation and Navigable Waters Archived 2006-09-26 at the Wayback Machine USC. See Section 59.
  18. ^ All of the landfill portion of Ellis Island beyond its 1834 waterfront is in Hudson County, NJ. All water surrounding Liberty and Ellis Islands is in Hudson County.
  19. "Intent to Prepare a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the New York and New Jersey Harbor Navigation Study: Feasibility Phase". Federal Register Volume 63. Government Printing Office. March 24, 1998. Retrieved 2014-08-31.
  20. Reports of Channel Conditions Archived 2008-10-29 at the Wayback Machine, USACE, Nov. 2004: "Partial Anchorage Channel: Starts approximately 3,990 Ft. seaward of Red Gas #2; Ends approximately 1,660 Ft. landward of Red Light & Bell #21. Authorized project: Width: 2000 ft, Length: 2.34 nmiles, Depth 45 ft.... Shoaling exists and begins approximately 2,230 Ft. seaward of Red Gas #2 and proceeds landward with a length of approximately 600 Ft. and a width of approximately 60 Ft."
  21. Hearing Notice for Department of the Army Corps of Engineers, N.Y.S. Department of Environmental Conservation 21/1/2004.
  22. Simplified map Bayonne Peninsula Chap. 6, CPIP Toolkit, PANYNJ.
  23. Inventory of Historic Light Stations: New Jersey Lighthouses and Inventory of Historic Light Stations: New York Lighthouses NPS lists.
  24. New York Lighthouses and New York Lighthouses Lighthouse Friends 2001-2005.
  25. Boundaries extend to mid-Hudson on the west, into the Upper Harbor south of Governors Island, to the far pierhead line of the East River, Harlem River and Spuyten Duyvil. The exceptions are the additional areas of Marble Hill section included north of the Harlem River (bounded approximately by Johnson Avenue, West 230 Street) and Liberty and Ellis Islands to their original 1834 waterfront. River

40°31′00″N 74°02′59″W / 40.51667°N 74.04972°W / 40.51667; -74.04972

External links

Coastal geography
Landforms Coastal and oceanic landforms

Dois Irmãos - Fernando de Noronha
Beaches
River mouths
Processes
Management
Related
Categories: