Oyster
Oyster is a small unincorporated community on the Atlantic Coast of the Eastern Shore of the U.S. state of Virginia in Northampton County. It is at an elevation of 3 feet above sea level.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: human settlement in United States of America
- Also known as: “Oyster, VA” and “Oyster, Virginia”
- Postal code: 23419
Places of Interest
Highlights include Anheuser–Busch Coastal Research Center and Coast Guard Station Cobb Island.
Anheuser–Busch Coastal Research Center
University
The Anheuser–Busch Coastal Research Center is a biological field station located in Oyster, Virginia that is operated by the University of Virginia. It is a member of the Organization of Biological Field Stations.
Coast Guard Station Cobb Island
House
Photo: Ccospel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Coast Guard Station Cobb Island is a former United States Coast Guard Station that was built on the southern end of Cobb Island, Virginia, one of Virginia's Barrier Islands, on Virginia's Eastern Shore, in 1936, to replace an earlier c.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Beverly and Pat Town.
Beverly
Locality
Beverly is an unincorporated community in Northampton County, Virginia, United States.
Pat Town
Locality
Pat Town is an unincorporated community in Northampton County, Virginia, United States. Pat Town is situated 1½ miles northwest of Oyster.
Culls
Locality
Culls is an unincorporated community in Northampton County, Virginia, United States. Culls is situated 2 miles west of Oyster.
Oyster
- Categories: unincorporated community in the United States and locality
- Location: Northampton, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.28607° or 37° 17′ 10″ northLongitude
-75.92403° or 75° 55′ 27″ westElevation
3 feet (1 metre)Open location code
879673PG+C9OpenStreetMap ID
node 158576451OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From French to Japanese—“Oyster” goes by many names.
- French: “Oyster”
- Japanese: “オイスター”
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