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1968 Map of Cobb Island

Name: 1968 Topographic Map of Cobb Island
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1971
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1971

About this map

Cobb Island and the shifting barrier landscapes of the Virginia Eastern Shore are documented here in the late 1960s. This coastal environment is defined by an intricate network of deep-water routes like Eckichy Channel and Mittigy Channel cutting through expansive tidal flats and salt marshes. The map reveals the isolation of the outer banks, where Wreck Island stands exposed to the Atlantic Ocean south of the Sand Shoal Inlet.

Inland from the primary barrier islands, the seascape transitions into protected waters such as Spidercrab Bay and Cobb Bay. Local navigation and geographic identity are etched into the nomenclature of the wetlands, seen in features like Parchaby Tump, Man and Boy Marsh, and Big Easter Marsh. This hydrographic record, field checked in 1968, preserves the exact configuration of these fragile coastal landforms before decades of natural erosion and storm surges further altered the Northampton County shoreline.