Mosquito Creek (Virginia)
Appearance
37°56′34″N 75°26′45″W / 37.942757°N 75.445861°W
Mosquito Creek | |
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![]() Mosquito Creek | |
Location | |
Country | United States |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Cockle Creek |
Mouth | |
• location | Chincoteague Bay |
Length | 2 mi (3.2 km) |
Mosquito Creek is a stream in Chincoteague, Virginia that connects with Cockle Creek to the south and a mouth at Chincoteague Bay to the North.[1]
History
[edit]The name of the creek first appeared in the Decisions of the United States Board on Geographical Names in 1943.[2]
See also
[edit]References
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- ^ GMCO Maps & Charts. GMCO's Fishing & Recreation Map of Chincoteague-Assateague, Virginia, 2003.
- ^ Topping, Mary, comp., Approved Place Names in Virginia: An Index to Virginia Names Approved by the United States Board on Geographic Names through 1969 (Charlottesville, VA: University Press of Virginia, 1971), 105.