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Absecon Inlet

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is navigable for small-sized coasting vessels, and furnishes ingress and exit to the waters of Absecon and Reed's Bays, small bodies of water in Atlantic County. No considerable stream except Absecon Creek flows into
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is south of the inlet and overlooks it from the north end of Absecon Island.
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strait
southeastern
coast
New Jersey

Atlantic Ocean
barrier islands
Atlantic County
Absecon Island
Atlantic City
Absecon Lighthouse
Brigantine Island
Brigantine Bridge
New Jersey Route 87
Absecon Island
Brigantine Island
Reeds Bay
United States Navy
cargo ship
USS Absecon
aircraft catapult
USS Absecon
United States Coast Guard
cutter
USCGC Absecon


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