Great Egg Harbor Bay
Great Egg Harbor Bay is a bay between Atlantic and Cape May counties along the southern New Jersey coast. The name derives from Dutch explorer Cornelius Jacobsen May's description of the plentiful birds laying eggs, naming the waters Eyren Haven, which translates to Egg Harbor in English.Photo: Hurricanehink, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Bay
- Description: bay in New Jersey, United States of America
- Also known as: “Egg Bay”, “Egg Harbor Bay”, “Egre Haven”, “Eyren Haven”, “Grand Egg Havre”, “Grate Eggharbor”, “Great Egg Bay”, “Great Egg Harbor”, and “Great Egg Harbour”
- Address: NJ
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ocean City Airport and Ocean City Tenth Street Station.
Ocean City Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: Rockybreslow, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ocean City Municipal Airport is the only airport located on a New Jersey barrier island. Named Clarke Field after a naval commander, the public airport is located two nautical miles southwest of the central business district of Ocean City, in Cape May County, New Jersey, United States.
Ocean City Tenth Street Station
Bus station
Photo: Smallbones, Public domain.
Ocean City Tenth Street Station is located in Ocean City in Cape May County, New Jersey. Built in 1898, it served rail service until 1981. The building now operates as the Ocean City Transportation Center, which is a bus stop for NJ Transit.
Shore Medical Center
Hospital
Shore Medical Center, formerly Shore Memorial Hospital, is a full-service acute care community hospital located in Somers Point, New Jersey, serving Atlantic and Cape May counties.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Somers Point and Ocean City.
Somers Point
Photo: Mr. Matté, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Somers Point is a city situated on the Jersey Shore that is the oldest settlement in Atlantic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It was settled by Europeans in 1693 and was incorporated as a borough in 1886.
Ocean City
Ocean City is a city in Cape May County, in the Southern Shore region of New Jersey. It has a reputation for being a family-friendly city and is referred to as "America's Greatest Family Resort".
Beesleys Point
Hamlet
Photo: Smallbones, Public domain.
Beesley's Point is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Upper Township, in Cape May County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Beesley's Point is on Peck Bay across from Ocean City.
Great Egg Harbor Bay
- Category: body of water
- Location: Cape May County, Jersey Shore, New Jersey, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.29151° or 39° 17′ 29″ northLongitude
-74.60516° or 74° 36′ 19″ westOpen location code
87F779RV+JWOpenStreetMap ID
node 368395295OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bayGeoNames ID
4502016Wikidata ID
Q5599107
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Bavarian to German—“Great Egg Harbor Bay” goes by many names.
- Bavarian: “Great Egg Harbor Bay”
- Cebuano: “Great Egg Harbor Bay”
- French: “Great Egg Harbor Bay”
- German: “Great Egg Harbor Bay”
- “Great Egg Harbor Bay”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Bonds Bar Island and Great Egg Harbor Bridge.
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