Houston Ship Channel
The Houston Ship Channel, in Houston, Texas, is part of the Port of Houston, one of the busiest seaports in the world. The channel is the conduit for ocean-going vessels between Houston-area terminals and the Gulf of Mexico, and it serves an increasing volume of inland barge traffic.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Channel
- Description: canal in Texas
- Also known as: “Galveston Bay Channel”, “Houston Channel”, and “Houston Ship Canal”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include La Porte and Baytown.
La Porte
Town
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La Porte is a city in Harris County, Texas, United States, within the Bay Area of the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census, the city population was 35,124. La Porte is situated 2½ miles west of Houston Ship Channel.
Baytown
Photo: Baytownbert, CC BY 3.0.
Baytown is a city in Texas. When you are in Baytown, you can rest assured you are in one of the most industrialized places of the world. With Exxon's Baytown Refinery on the west, Chevron's Cedar Bayou Plant on the northeast, the Covestro Baytown Industrial…
Lomax
Hamlet
Lomax is a neighborhood of La Porte, a city in Harris County, Texas, United States. Lomax once was a separate community. The community was named after R.A. Lomax is situated 6 miles west of Houston Ship Channel.
Houston Ship Channel
- Categories: canal and body of water
- Location: Chambers, Texas, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
Discover Houston Ship Channel from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Houston Ship Channel” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Houston Ship Channel”
- Chinese: “休斯顿航道”
- Dutch: “Houston Ship Channel”
- Egyptian Arabic: “قناة هيوستن للسفن”
- French: “canal de Houston”
- French: “Canal de Houston”
- Hebrew: “תעלת הספנות של יוסטון”
- Italian: “Houston Ship Channel”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Houston Ship Channel”
- Norwegian: “Houston Ship Channel”
- Russian: “Хьюстонский судоходный канал”
- Swedish: “houston ship channel”
- “Houston Ship Channel”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Morgans Point and Bay Shore Park.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Houston/Galveston Navigation Channel and Atkinson Island.
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