Shark River

The Shark River is a river in eastern that rises in eastern and flows southeast for 11.7 miles, continuing through and .
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Belmar station and Belmar Public Library.

Railway station
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is an active commuter railroad station in the eponymous borough of , . Located in Belmar Plaza between 8th and 10th Avenues, the station serves trains of NJ Transit's North Jersey Coast Line, which operates out of New York Penn Station.

Library
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The is the public library of located at 517 10th Avenue. The library circulates about 15,000 items annually from its collection of 32,000 volumes.

Islet
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is an islet.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Avon-by-the-Sea and Belmar.

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is a four-season, seaside, Victorian community in on the .

is a borough located on the in , in the U.S. state of . As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 5,907, an increase of 113 from the 2010 census count of 5,794, which in turn reflected a decline of 251 from the 6,045 counted in the 2000 census.

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is a borough in , in the U.S. state of . As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 4,282, a decrease of 16 from the 2010 census count of 4,298, which in turn had reflected a decrease of 495 from the 4,793 counted at the 2000 census.

Shark River

Latitude
40.18761° or 40° 11′ 15″ north
Longitude
-74.01014° or 74° 0′ 37″ west
Elevation
3 feet (1 metre)
Open location code
87G75XQQ+2W
Geo­Names ID
5104574
Wiki­data ID
Q7489807
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Satellite Map

Discover Shark River from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Welsh—“Shark River” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Shark”
  • Cebuano: “Shark River”
  • Esperanto: “Ŝarkrivero”
  • Irish: “Abhainn Shark”
  • Persian: “رود شارک”
  • Persian: “شارک ریور (نیو جرسی)”
  • Tajik: “Шорк ревир (нейӯ ҷрси)”
  • Tajik: “Шорк ревир”
  • Venetian: “Shark”
  • Welsh: “Afon Shark”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Neptune City and Bradley Park.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Shark River Inlet and Belmar Basin.

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