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Pelham Bay
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Pelham Bay Park.
Pelham Bay
Between City Island and Orchard Beach is a sound named Pelham Bay (40°51′59″N73°47′25″W / 40.866335°N 73.790321°W), but contrary to its name, it is not a bay, but rather a sound since it is open to larger bodies of water at both ends. It connects to Eastchester Bay at the south, and opens onto Long Island Sound and City Island Harbor at the east. Approximately one third of the original bay was filled in to create Orchard Beach from 1934 to 1938.