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Plotting of representative changes of Moriches Inlet as shown by photographs: erosion of w. shore but no definite evidence of migration
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- Creator
- C[harles] B. H[itchcock]
- Format
- Maps, Atlases
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- 1932
- Physical Details
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- 1 map : manuscript color ; on sheet 27 x 18 cm
- OCLC
- ocm85812442
- Cartographic Data
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Scale 1:8,400. 1 in. = 700 ft
- Map based on aerial photographs showing the results of a breach in a sandbar off the shore of southern Long Island, the widening and narrowing of the breach, and the changes in size and shape of the two resulting deltas. Covers period from April 15, 1931 to July 14, 1932. Aerial photos acquired from the U.S. Army Air Corps by the American Geographical Society. Photographs published in v. 3, no. 4, Oct. 1933 issue of Geographical Review and accompany article by Charles B. Hitchcock: "Evolution of Moriches Inlet, Long Island."
- Map listed in: Manuscript and annotated maps in the American Geographical Society Library: a cartobibliography, 2010.
- Also available on the Internet through the American Geographical Society Library Digital Map Collection.