Thoms Cove Explained

Thoms Cove
Location:Hawkins Point, Baltimore
Coords:39.212°N -76.547°W
Rivers:Patapsco River
Width:3000feet
Depth:80feet
Pushpin Map:Maryland
Shore:6000feet
Salinity:Brackish
Frozen:Seasonal
Islands:0
Cities:Baltimore

Thoms Cove,[1] the nickname for Thomas Cove, is a natural cove approximately 1500feet in diameter in Hawkins Point, Baltimore on the northeastern end of the peninsula with the tidal Patapsco River to the northeast, Curtis Bay to the northwest, Hawkins Point[2] [3] to the west and I-695 to the south.

Thoms Cove is bordered by Eastalco Aluminum Company's loading and storage facility[4] and a Superfund landfill.[2] It is in the USGS quadrangle "Curtis Bay" and a Maryland grid coordinate of500800N and 928000E[1] and is largely administered by the Maryland Port Administration.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Facts About Thoms Cove Site I & II. Maryland Department of the Environment. August 21, 2007. January 17, 2013.
  2. Web site: MES Hawkins Point Hazardous Waste Landfill. US EPA. October 2012. January 17, 2013.
  3. Book: Keith, Robert C.. Baltimore Harbor: A Pictorial History. 21 April 2005. 38. 9780801879807.
  4. Web site: Facts About Eastalco Compensatory Storage Facility (MD-561) . Maryland Department of the Environment. January 17, 2013.