Matagorda Peninsula Explained

28.585°N -96.0183°W

The Matagorda Peninsula (^[1]) is a narrow spit of land on the southeastern coast of Texas in the United States.^[2]

The peninsula is in Matagorda County, Texas. The barrier island lies between Matagorda Bay, an estuary, and the Gulf of Mexico. The Texas Gulf Coast island has a water exchange of two to five tidal inlets suspending the tides in marginal sea. The Matagorda Ship Channel located on the peninsula produces a substantial tidal range of seawater bearing north-south of the barrier island.^[3]

External links

• Web site: Matagorda Peninsula . Kleiner . Diana J. . Leatherwood . Art . Handbook of Texas . Texas State Historical Association.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Matagorda Bay. Dictionary.com. Random House, Inc. 9 November 2014.
2. Merriam Webster's Geographical Dictionary, Third Edition. Springfield, Massachusetts: Merriam-Webster, 1997. . p.718.
3. Web site: Matagorda Bay. GulfBase.org. 25 May 2010. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20100924062441/http://gulfbase.org/bay/view.php?bid=matagorda. 24 September 2010.