Raritan Bay
Raritan Bay is a bay located at the southern portion of Lower New York Bay between the U.S. states of New York and New Jersey and is part of the New York Bight.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: John Margolies, Public domain.
- Type: Bay
- Description: southern portion of Lower New York Bay between the U.S. states of New York and New Jersey
- Address: NJ
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mount Loretto Unique Area and Seguine Mansion.
Mount Loretto Unique Area
Nature reserve
Photo: Jim.henderson, Public domain.
Mount Loretto Unique Area is an open space reserve and nature preserve administered by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation on the South Shore of Staten Island, New York City.
Seguine Mansion
Museum
Photo: Dmadeo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Seguine Mansion, also known as the Seguine-Burke Mansion, is located on Lemon Creek near the southern shore of Staten Island, New York City. The Greek Revival house is one of the few surviving examples of 19th-century life on Staten Island.
Prince’s Bay Light
Lighthouse
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Prince's Bay Light is an active lighthouse on the highest point of the southern shoreline of Staten Island, New York, in the Pleasant Plains neighborhood.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Union Beach and Van Marters Corner.
Union Beach
Village
Photo: Mr. Matté, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Union Beach is a borough on Raritan Bay and the northern Jersey Shore in Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The borough is a small coastal bedroom suburb of New York City in the New York metropolitan area, with views of Manhattan visible in the distance from the bayfront beach.
Van Marters Corner
Hamlet
Union Beach is a borough on Raritan Bay and the northern Jersey Shore in Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The borough is a small coastal bedroom suburb of New York City in the New York metropolitan area, with views of Manhattan visible in the distance from the bayfront beach.
Natco
Hamlet
Union Beach is a borough on Raritan Bay and the northern Jersey Shore in Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The borough is a small coastal bedroom suburb of New York City in the New York metropolitan area, with views of Manhattan visible in the distance from the bayfront beach.
Raritan Bay
- Category: body of water
- Location: Staten Island, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.48344° or 40° 29′ 0″ northLongitude
-74.18292° or 74° 10′ 59″ westOpen location code
87G7FRM8+9ROpenStreetMap ID
node 368396365OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bayGeoNames ID
5133433Wikidata ID
Q2907148
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Slovenian—“Raritan Bay” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Raritan Bay”
- Chinese: “拉里坦湾”
- Dutch: “Raritan Bay”
- Estonian: “Raritani laht”
- French: “baie de Raritan”
- French: “Baie de Raritan”
- German: “Raritan Bay”
- Hebrew: “מפרץ רריטאן”
- Japanese: “ラリタン湾”
- Slovenian: “Raritan Bay”
- Slovenian: “Raritanski zaliv”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Princes Bay and Pleasant Plains.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Wolfes Pond and Shrine of the Immaculate Virgin.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Raritan Bay”. Photo: John Margolies, Public domain.