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Fenwick Island

Changes in shoreline

Shoreline changes in the Fenwick Island-Assateague Island region between 1849 and 1980 show the dramatic effects of the two large jetties at Ocean City Inlet on the natural sediment-transport processes along the coast.



Coastal Conflicts
Maintained by J.M. Watsonhttps://pubs.usgs.gov/circ/c1075/fenwick.htmlLast updated 9.11.97