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Mobile Point is the apex of a long, low, narrow, sandy peninsula between the
Gulf of Mexico The Gulf of Mexico ( es, Golfo de México) is an ocean basin and a marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean, largely surrounded by the North American continent. It is bounded on the northeast, north and northwest by the Gulf Coast of the United ...
on the south and Bon Secour Bay and Navy Cove on the north. The point is the eastern limit of the entrance into
Mobile Bay Mobile Bay ( ) is a shallow inlet of the Gulf of Mexico, lying within the state of Alabama in the United States. Its mouth is formed by the Fort Morgan Peninsula on the eastern side and Dauphin Island, a barrier island on the western side. The ...
, which it partially encloses. It is located in
Baldwin County, Alabama Baldwin County is a county located in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Alabama, on the Gulf coast. It is one of only two counties in Alabama that border the Gulf of Mexico, along with Mobile County. As of the 2020 census, the pop ...
. At its western tip is Fort Morgan, which faces Fort Gaines sitting across the inlet to the Mobile Bay, on
Dauphin Island Dauphin Island is an island town in Mobile County, Alabama, United States, on a barrier island of the same name, in the Gulf of Mexico. It incorporated in 1988. The population was 1,778 at the 2020 census, up from 1,238 at the 2010 census. The t ...
. Along the point is the unincorporated community of Fort Morgan, Alabama."History lost and found"
''Gulf Coast News Today''. Retrieved 2018-07-09.


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* Landforms of Baldwin County, Alabama Mobile Bay Peninsulas of Alabama Alabama placenames of Native American origin {{BaldwinCountyAL-geo-stub