Pelican Island is an island in the Barnegat Bay wholly located in Ocean County,

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 ...

. It is accessible from Toms River and

Seaside Heights Seaside Heights is a borough in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the borough's population was 2,887,Tunney and Mathis Bridges on

New Jersey Route 37 Route 37 is a state highway located in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States. The route runs from Lakehurst at a traffic circle with Route 70 to an interchange with Route 35 in Seaside Heights. A two– to six–lane divided highway ...

. It is part of Toms River and Berkeley Township. Pelican Island was impacted significantly by damage from Hurricane Sandy.Paik, Eugene
"Volunteers clean up Pelican Island during MLK Day of Service"
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The Star-Ledger ''The Star-Ledger'' is the largest circulated newspaper in the U.S. state of New Jersey and is based in Newark. It is a sister paper to ''The Jersey Journal'' of Jersey City, ''The Times'' of Trenton and the '' Staten Island Advance'', all of wh ...

'', January 21, 2013. Accessed April 3, 2016.

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Berkeley Township, New Jersey Toms River, New Jersey Landforms of Ocean County, New Jersey Islands of New Jersey Coastal islands of New Jersey {{OceanCountyNJ-geo-stub