Floating Island – Swamp in Essex, Massachusetts

Identifier

GNIS Feature ID 617643

Location

State Massachusetts

County Essex

Feature Class Swamp

Coordinates

DMS

42°48'00"N 70°51'36"W

Decimal Degrees

42.8000916, -70.8600523

Elevation

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USGS 7.5′ Quad Map

Quad Name Newburyport East

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Protected Areas

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Nearest Populated Place

Joppa

0.4 mi NNE

Hydrography

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Description

0.9 mi SE of Newburyport C.H.; City of Newbury.

Nearby Features

Joppa Populated Place · 0.4 mi NNE
Upper Green Populated Place · 0.5 mi S
Half Tide Rocks Bar · 0.8 mi N
Gangway Rock Island · 0.8 mi N
South Pier Bar · 0.9 mi N
North Pier Bar · 0.9 mi N
Frog Pond Swamp · 0.9 mi NW
Coffin Point Cape · 1.1 mi N
Sow and Pigs (historical) Bar · 1.1 mi NNW
Joppa Flats Flat · 1.1 mi ENE

Data Sources & Attribution

Feature data: U.S. Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) – U.S. Geological Survey.
Elevation: USGS Elevation Point Query Service (EPQS).
Topographic basemap: USGS National Map.
Quad map thumbnails: USGS US Topo.
Watershed boundaries: USGS Watershed Boundary Dataset (WBD).
Protected areas: USGS Protected Areas Database (PAD-US) – Gap Analysis Project.
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