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2019 Map of Avalon

Name: 2019 Topographic Map of Avalon
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2019
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2019

About this map

Seven-Mile Beach and the intricate back-bay waterways of Cape May County define this coastal survey. The map details the developed barrier island settlements of Avalon and the southern edge of Sea Isle City, separated by Townsends Inlet. The landscape is a complex network of tidal channels and basins, including Ingram Thorofare, Stites Sound, and Long Reach, which provide protected passage behind the Atlantic shoreline.

Maritime infrastructure is evident in the layout of Pennsylvania Harbor and Princeton Harbor, alongside the essential transit corridor of the Intracoastal Waterway. This document preserves the contemporary street grids and residential finger canals of these shore communities, from the northern reach near Kitts Thorofare down toward the outskirts of Stone Harbor. It illustrates the modern balance between dense coastal development and the preserving of wetlands like East Fork Oldman Creek.