Goose Island is a
vanishing island
Vanishing island refers to any permanent island which is exposed at low tide but is submersed at high tide. Vanishing islands occur globally. There are vanishing islands in the Philippines and several in the San Juan Islands.
In early times, s ...
located in the
Potomac River in the
southwest quadrant of
Washington, D.C., in the
United States. It is a rarely above-water
mudflat
Mudflats or mud flats, also known as tidal flats or, in Ireland, slob or slobs, are coastal wetlands that form in intertidal areas where sediments have been deposited by tides or rivers. A global analysis published in 2019 suggested that tidal fl ...
located at the mouth of
Oxon Creek, roughly between Oronoco Bay in
Alexandria and Marbury Point (
Shepherds Landing), now part of the
Blue Plains water treatment plant.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration nautical charts indicate that Goose Island sits within a shallow area, extending south past the
Woodrow Wilson Bridge into
Maryland, that is used to deposit
dredging
Dredging is the excavation of material from a water environment. Possible reasons for dredging include improving existing water features; reshaping land and water features to alter drainage, navigability, and commercial use; constructing da ...
spoils.
External links
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NOAA Nautical Chart 12285 showing vicinity
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Islands of the Potomac River
River islands of Washington, D.C.
Southwest (Washington, D.C.)