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Extreme points are portions of a region which are further north, south, east, or west than any other. This is a list of extreme points in U.S. states , territories , and the District of Columbia . [ 1 ]
At one point, at the town of Hancock, the northern and southern boundaries are separated by just 1.8 miles, the narrowest stretch in the state. Western Maryland is more rural than the Washington-Baltimore area, where most of the state's population lives, and is noted for its mountainous terrain. The area is in the central Appalachians.
Maryland possesses a variety of topography within its borders, contributing to its nickname America in Miniature.It ranges from sandy dunes dotted with seagrass in the east, to low marshlands teeming with wildlife and large bald cypress near the Chesapeake Bay, to gently rolling hills of oak forests in the Piedmont Region, and pine groves in the Maryland mountains to the west.
An illustration of Hancock, Maryland, in the November 8, 1862, edition of Harper's Weekly. Prior to the current name, the settlement was named "William's Town" for William McClary. The name Hancock comes from Edward Joseph Hancock, Jr. (July 21, 1758-September 2, 1834), [4] [5] who fought alongside George Washington during the American ...
Sinepuxent Bay is an inland waterway which connects Chincoteague Bay to Isle of Wight Bay, and is connected to the Atlantic Ocean via the Ocean City Inlet.It separates Sinepuxent Neck, in Worcester County, Maryland from Assateague Island, and West Ocean City, Maryland from downtown Ocean City.
States shaded dark blue have ocean coastline.* States shaded light blue have Great Lakes coastline.* States shaded white have no coastline. * New York has both ocean and Great Lakes coastline.
The Germans had been fooled to believe the most likely invasion beaches would be further Northeast up the French coast near Calais, the narrowest point in the English Channel.
St. Mary's Peninsula, at the southern tip of Maryland's Western Shore. St. Mary's Peninsula is part of the Western Shore region of Maryland.From the Charles County line, just north of Charlotte Hall, Maryland, to the southern tip of St. Mary's County at Point Lookout State Park, St. Mary's Peninsula stretches about 39 miles (63 km). [1]