Bedford Reef
Bedford Reef is a bar in Suffolk County, New York.Places of Interest
Highlights include Fort Michie and Fort Terry.
Fort Michie
Fort
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Fort Michie was a United States Army coastal defense site on Great Gull Island, New York. Along with Fort H. G. Wright, Fort Terry, and Camp Hero, it defended the eastern entrance to Long Island Sound as part of the Harbor Defenses of Long Island Sound, thus defending Connecticut's ports and the north shore of Long Island. Fort Michie is situated 2 miles northeast of Bedford Reef.
Fort Terry
Fort
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Fort Terry was a coastal fortification on Plum Island, a small island just off Orient Point, New York, United States. This strategic position afforded it a commanding view over the Atlantic entrance to the commercially vital Long Island Sound. Fort Terry is situated 2 miles west of Bedford Reef.
Bedford Reef
- Type: Bar
- Categories: Char (River Island) and landform
- Location: Suffolk County, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
“Bedford Reef” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Bedford Reef”
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