Galveston Bay Entrance Channel – Channel in Galveston, Texas

Identifier

GNIS Feature ID 1384774

Location

State Texas

County Galveston

Feature Class Channel

Coordinates

DMS

29°18'44"N 94°38'05"W

Decimal Degrees

29.3121813, -94.6346364

Elevation

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USGS 7.5′ Quad Map

Quad Name The Jetties

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Protected Areas

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Nearest Populated Place

Fort Travis

8.2 mi WNW

Hydrography

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Description

Depth of channel is 40 feet

Nearby Features

Outer Bar Channel Channel · 2.0 mi WNW
Big Reef Island · 6.2 mi WNW
East Beach Beach · 7.1 mi W
The Lagoon Lake · 7.3 mi W
Bolivar Roads Channel · 7.6 mi WNW
Inner Bar Channel Channel · 7.7 mi WNW
Beacon Bayou Lake · 7.8 mi NW
Bolivar Beach Beach · 8.0 mi NNW
Beacon Bayou Stream · 8.1 mi NW
Fort Point Cape · 8.2 mi WNW

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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