Tangier Sound
Tangier Sound is a sound of the Chesapeake Bay bounded on the west by Tangier Island in Virginia, and Smith Island and South Marsh Island in Maryland, by Deal Island in Maryland on the north, and the mainland of the Eastern Shore of Maryland and Pocomoke Sound on the east.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Bay
- Description: water on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, USA
- Also known as: “Steights of Annemessex”
- Address: MD
Places of Interest
Highlights include Solomons Lump Lighthouse.
Solomons Lump Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Solomons Lump Light is a lighthouse in the Chesapeake Bay, the abbreviated remains of a caisson light built in 1895. That structure replaced a screw-pile light built on the same spot in 1875, which in turn superseded the Fog Point Light.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ewell and Wenona.
Ewell
Village
Photo: Lee Cannon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ewell is an unincorporated community located on Smith Island in Somerset County, Maryland, United States.
Wenona
Hamlet
Wenona is an unincorporated community located on Deal Island in Somerset County, Maryland, United States. It is located at the western end of Maryland Route 363, Deal Island Road.
Smith Island
Photo: GRDN711, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Smith Island is a small inhabited island in Maryland's Chesapeake Bay. It is the only off-shore inhabited island in the state of Maryland and is accessible only via boat.
Tangier Sound
- Category: body of water
- Location: Somerset County, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.06262° or 38° 3′ 45″ northLongitude
-75.99549° or 75° 59′ 44″ westOpen location code
87C63273+2ROpenStreetMap ID
node 369001516OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bayGeoNames ID
4370943Wikidata ID
Q7682972
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
“Tangier Sound” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Tangier Sound”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Rhodes Point and Tylerton.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Western Islands and Jones Island.
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