Brigantine Island (also known as Brigantine Beach Island) is an island off the
Atlantic Ocean
The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceans, with an area of about . It covers approximately 20% of Earth's surface and about 29% of its water surface area. It is known to separate the " Old World" of Africa, Europe ...
coast of
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York; on the east, southeast, and south by the Atlantic Ocean; on the west by the Delaware ...
, located northeast of
Atlantic City. It is long. The resort community of
Brigantine is located on the island.
The island is accessible via
Route 87, which terminates at the end of the
Brigantine Bridge
The Brigantine Bridge is a vehicular bridge over Absecon Inlet in Atlantic County, New Jersey. It is located just west of the Atlantic Ocean in Atlantic City, New Jersey, Atlantic City and the resort community of Brigantine, New Jersey, Brigantine ...
, after crossing the
Absecon Inlet Absecon Inlet is a narrow strait on the southeastern coast of New Jersey in the United States.''Merriam Webster's Geographical Dictionary, Third Edition'', pp. 3-4.
Geography
Absecon Inlet leads from the Atlantic Ocean through barrier islands in ...
. After crossing the channel, the road's designation changes to
County Route 638 (Brigantine Boulevard).
The
Brigantine Lighthouse is a lighthouse on Brigantine Island. It was built in 1926 by the Island Development Real Estate Company to attract people to Brigantine Island and not as an operating lighthouse, somewhat like
Lucy the Elephant
Lucy the Elephant is a six-story elephant-shaped example of novelty architecture, constructed of wood and tin sheeting in 1881 by James V. Lafferty in Margate City, New Jersey, approximately five miles (8 km) south of Atlantic City. Origin ...
to the south.
Geography
Brigantine Island is a
barrier island
Barrier islands are coastal landforms and a type of dune system that are exceptionally flat or lumpy areas of sand that form by wave and tidal action parallel to the mainland coast. They usually occur in chains, consisting of anything from ...
along the
Atlantic Ocean
The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceans, with an area of about . It covers approximately 20% of Earth's surface and about 29% of its water surface area. It is known to separate the " Old World" of Africa, Europe ...
between
Brigantine Inlet on the northeast, and
Absecon Inlet Absecon Inlet is a narrow strait on the southeastern coast of New Jersey in the United States.''Merriam Webster's Geographical Dictionary, Third Edition'', pp. 3-4.
Geography
Absecon Inlet leads from the Atlantic Ocean through barrier islands in ...
on the southwest. The former
Quarters Inlet originally separated Brigantine Island from
Peters Beach on the southwest, but through sand deposition Brigantine Island has extended its length and enclosed Peters Beach; Quarters Inlet is now closed.
Brigantine Island was described in 1834 as,
In 1878 it was described,
By 1904, Quarters Inlet had taken on an "S" shape, curving in front of Peters Beach and separating it from Brigantine Island. By then known as Quarter Channel, it no longer connected directly with the ocean, but with Absecon Inlet.
By 1940, Quarters Channel had closed up, completing the connection with Brigantine Island.
[United States Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers - Atlantic City Quadrangle, New Jersey, 15 Minute - Series (Topographic) 1940]
See also
*
Peters Beach
References
External links
Brigantine Island Trail hiking
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Brigantine, New Jersey
Landforms of Atlantic County, New Jersey
Tourist attractions in Atlantic County, New Jersey
Barrier islands of New Jersey
Islands of New Jersey