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2016 Map of Avalon

Name: 2016 Topographic Map of Avalon
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2016
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2016

About this map

Seven Mile Beach and the developed barrier island communities of Cape May County are documented here during the mid-2010s. The map illustrates the dense street grid of Avalon and the northern tip of Stone Harbor, situated between the open Atlantic Ocean and a complex network of coastal wetlands and tidal channels. The intricate hydrology of the back bays is defined by features like Kitts Thorofare, Stites Sound, and Ingram Thorofare.

Navigation and shoreline engineering are central to the landscape, with the Intracoastal Waterway threading through the marshlands and multiple man-made basins such as Pennsylvania Harbor and Princeton Harbor providing inland water access. At the northern end of the island, Townsends Inlet serves as a critical passage between the sound and the sea, while major thoroughfares like Dune Dr and Old Avalon Blvd manage the seasonal flow of traffic through this highly developed coastal environment.