Seven Mile Island or Seven Mile Beach is the name of a
barrier island on the
Jersey Shore
The Jersey Shore (known by locals simply as the Shore) is the coastal region of the U.S. state of New Jersey. Geographically, the term encompasses about of oceanfront bordering the Atlantic Ocean, from Perth Amboy in the north to Cape May Po ...
in
Cape May County,
New Jersey, United States. It is divided between the boroughs of
Avalon to the north, from 6th to 80th Streets, and
Stone Harbor to the south, from 80th Street to Hereford Inlet.
The island is long, and is three to four blocks wide. Known as Leaming's Island in 1722, when the first purchase of its was recorded, its dunes, woodlands and beaches were purchased for the equivalent of $380.
Geography
Seven Mile Island is a barrier island along the
Atlantic Ocean between
Townsends Inlet on the northeast, and
Hereford Inlet
Hereford Inlet is an inlet in Cape May County, New Jersey.
Geography
Hereford Inlet separates Seven Mile Island from Five Mile Beach.
It was described in 1834 as,
Hereford Inlet was described in 1878, ''viz''.,
History
Hereford Inlet is labe ...
on the southwest. An expanse of
salt marsh and
tidal channels separates Seven Mile Island from
Great Sound
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Geography
The Great So ...
,
Jenkins Sound
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, and the mainland.
Seven Mile Island was described in 1834 as,
An 1878 description of Seven Mile Island is as follows, ''viz'',
References
Barrier islands of New Jersey
Landforms of Cape May County, New Jersey
Islands of New Jersey
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