Jamaica Bay

Jamaica Bay as seen from the Terra satellite

Jamaica Bay (northwest view, 2013)

Location: New York City with Jamaica Bay to the southeast; blue-violet the "John F. Kennedy" airport on the bay

The Jamaica Bay area

The Jamaica Bay stretches along the New York districts Brooklyn and Queens .

geography

It covers more than 70 square kilometers of water, marshland , many small bays and canals and an archipelago of islands. It is separated from the Atlantic by the narrow Rockaway Peninsula in front of it .

traffic

Jamaica Bay is accessible via bridges from Queens and Rockaway. In Broad Channel, a metro stop is the line A .

Movies

• Bernard Guerrini, Mathias Schmitt (director): Naturopolis - New York, the green revolution. Documentary, France / USA, 2013, 90 min.

literature

• Ellen K. Hartig, Vivien Gornitz: “The Vanishing Marshes of Jamaica Bay: Sea Level Rise or Environmental Degradation?” (New York: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Goddard Institute for Space Studies). 1981.
• US Fish and Wildlife Service, Charlestown, RI: Significant Habitats and Habitat Complexes of the New York Bight Wathershed: Jamaica Bay and Breezy Point. Southern New England - New York Bight Coastal Ecosystems Program. 1997

See also

• New York Harbor

Web links

Commons : Jamaica Bay  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Naturopolis - New York, the green revolution , ARD.de ; Accessed March 26, 2018

Coordinates: 40 ° 37 '4 "  N , 73 ° 50' 33"  W.