South Bay (Texas) Explained

South Bay
Other Name:	South Bay Coastal Preserve
Image Bathymetry:	South Bay Lower Laguna Madre.jpg
Caption Bathymetry:	South Bay at Texas Gulf Coast
Coords:	26.0295°N -97.1841°W
Islands:	Brazos Island
Basin Countries:	United States
Length:	3miles
Width:	2.5miles
Area:	3.1sqmi
Depth:	2feet ~ 4feet
Pushpin Map:	Texas#USA
Pushpin Label Position:	right
Pushpin Map Alt:	Location of the lake in Texas, USA.

South Bay is a bay in the Laguna Madre in Texas separated from the Gulf of Mexico by Brazos Island. It is the southernmost bay in Texas, about 1miles north of the Texas-Mexico Border.^[1]

See also

• Brazos Santiago Pass
• Port Isabel, Texas
• Port of Brownsville

External links

• • • Computed Discharges at Five Sites in Lower Laguna Madre Near Port Isabel, Texas . East . Jeffrey W. . Solis . R.S. . Ockerman . D.J. . June 1997 . U.S. Geological Survey ~ Fact Sheet 167-98 . United States Geological Survey . 10.3133/fs16798.
• Web site: South Bay Coastal Preserve . Texas Gulf Ecological Management Sites (GEMS) . Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.
• Web site: Southern Part of Laguna Madre ~ NOAA Route Chart . June 2020 . NOAA Office of Coast Survey . National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Notes and References

1. Web site: South Bay . Anonymous . Handbook of Texas Online . Texas State Historical Association.