Chesapeake Bay
Artificial Reef - Oyster Reef Coordinates
This page provides coordinates for artificial and oyster reefs in Maryland and Virginia waters of the Chesapeake Bay.
For more information, see the Mid Atlantic Oyster Reefs page.
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Maryland Reef Sites-Chesapeake Bay |
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Name |
Location |
Area Permit (acres) |
Material |
Date |
Latitude |
Longitude |
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Cedar Point |
Patuxent River |
155 |
rockpiles |
1988 |
38 18.43 |
076 22.43 |
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concrete units |
1988 |
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fiberglass unit |
1988 |
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Cedarhurst |
Bay off South River |
50 |
concrete rubble |
1983 |
38 50.40 |
076 27.72 |
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Chesapeake Beach |
Bay off Holland Point |
50 |
tire units |
1968 |
38 42.95 |
076 30.18 |
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Choptank Bridge Pier |
Cambridge |
50 |
concrete rubble |
1986 |
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Dolly's Lump |
Bay below Sandy Point |
50 |
concrete pipe |
1968 |
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Gales Lumps |
Bay below Tolchester |
50 |
concrete pipe |
1968 |
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Holland Point |
Bay off Holland Point |
50 |
FAD |
1986 |
38 44.60 |
076 29.07 |
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Hollicutts Noose |
Mouth of Eastern Bay |
50 |
concrete rubble |
1970 |
38 50.51 |
076 20.57 |
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tire units |
1968 |
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steel tug |
1975 |
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Jane's Island |
Tangier Sound near Crisfield |
50 |
tire units |
1968 |
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Little Cove Point |
Mouth of Patuxent River |
75 |
tire units |
1968 |
38 20.53 |
076 22.80 |
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Love Point |
Bay mouth of Chester River |
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tire units |
1968 |
39 04.08 |
076 17.45 |
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1991 |
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Plum Point |
Bay below Chesapeake Beach |
3440 |
concrete cubes |
1994 |
38 37.19 |
076 29.36 |
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Point No Point |
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1050 |
(5) barges |
1986 |
38 06.85 |
076 17.85 |
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shell pile |
1986 |
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Point Lookout |
Bay at fishing pier |
50 |
clam shell |
1990 |
38 02.80 |
076 18.63 |
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Pooles Island |
Bay NE of Hart-Miller Is. |
230 |
concrete rubble |
1994 |
39 14.37 |
076 17.48 |
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Severn River Bridge |
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2.5 |
concrete rubble |
1994 |
38 59.63 |
076 29.07 |
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Sharp's Island |
Bay SW of Sharp's Island |
50 |
FAD |
1987 |
38 33.95 |
076 24.42 |
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Tangier Sound |
on state line |
86 |
rockpiles |
1988 |
37 55.22 |
075 56.67 |
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Tilghman Island |
Bay W of Tilghman Island |
50 |
rockpiles |
1988 |
38 41.51 |
076 22.65 |
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concrete rubble |
1992 |
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tire units |
1992 |
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(2) barges |
1991 |
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Tolchester |
Bay NW of Tolchester |
50 |
concrete rubble |
1986+ |
39 14.48 |
075 16.13 |
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Hackett Point |
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38 59.40 |
076 24.17 |
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Hawk Cove |
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38 14.63 |
076 23.30 |
Virginia Oyster Reefs
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Reef Name |
Reef Location |
Date Constructed |
Bushels Oyster Shell |
Latitude DM.MM |
Longitude DM.MM |
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Fox Island Rock |
Tangier Sound |
2002 |
93,149 |
37 54.417 |
75 56.333 |
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Johns Rock |
Tangier Sound |
2002 |
95,311 |
37 54.183 |
75 55.867 |
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Thoroughfare Rock 1 |
Tangier Sound |
2002 |
94,662 |
37 54.600 |
75 55.817 |
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Thoroughfare Rock 2 |
Tangier Sound |
2002 |
87,629 |
37 52.133 |
75 55..400 |
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Thoroughfare Rock 3 |
Tangier Sound |
2002 |
98,788 |
37 51.450 |
75 55..633 |
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Marshall Rock 1 |
Pocomoke Sound |
2002 |
93,000 |
37 54.417 |
75 47.717 |
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Marshall Rock 2 |
Pocomoke Sound |
2002 |
93,000 |
37 54.100 |
75 48.283 |
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Marshall Rock 3 |
Pocomoke Sound |
2002 |
93,000 |
37 53.817 |
75 47.267 |
Maryland
Artificial Reef Information
Tilghman Island
1200 Tire units, quarry rock and submerged vessels are
deployed on the 100 acre site.
Slaughter Creek
This was a joint effort by NOAA, Maryland and the army
Corps of Engineers. 14,000 cubic yards of dredge material and 2256 cubic yards
of oyster shell were added.
Plum Point
Concrete cubes and rubble on a 3400 acre site.
Cedar Point
Fiberglass units, concrete and quarry rock on a 1500 acre
site.
Point No Point
A barge loaded with shell material on a 2000 acre site.
Severn River
Rubble on the site.
Virginia
Artificial Reef Information
Piankatank River
This is an experimental design VMRC. The reef is 1000 feet
by 100 feet wide by 5-7 feet high of shucked shell composition.
Wreck Shoals, James River
The reef is 25,000 linear feet by 5 foot high of existing
bottom and shell.
Mulberry Point, James River
This is an experimental design VMRC. The reef is 1000 feet
by 100 feet wide by 5-7 feet high of shucked shell composition.
Community Projects
A variety of oyster garden programs and other small scale
oyster restoration projects exist throughout the bay.
Links
Mid Atlantic Oyster Reefs