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1979 Map of Tybee Island South

Name: 1979 Topographic Map of Tybee Island South
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1979
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1979

About this map

Tybee Island and its shifting coastline are documented here during a period of significant environmental management in the late 1970s. This orthophotomap combines aerial imagery with bathymetric data to illustrate the delicate relationship between the land and the Atlantic Ocean. A prominent feature of this era is the Beach Renourished 1976 project, an engineering effort visible along the eastern shoreline designed to combat erosion.

The map details several distinct locales, including Spanish Hammock and the South End, while highlighting the hydrographic complexity of Tybee Creek. Because much of the surrounding landscape is marked as an Area subject to frequent change, the map serves as a vital record for tracing the evolution of Chatham County's tidal marshes and shifting shoals before later development and natural shoreline migration further altered the geography.