Dog and Bitch Island

Dog and Bitch Island is depending on the sources one or two islands in Worcester County, Maryland, in the United States.[1][2] It is located within the Isle of Wight Bay.[3][4] The island is small in size and marshy.[5] In 2014 the federal Army Corps of Engineers pumped 18,000 cubic yards of material from navigation channel dredging operations onto the island to improve migratory bird habitat.[6]

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Dog and Bitch Island
  2. Ocean City and Vicinity Water Resources Study, Restoration of Assateague Island, Worcester County. 1998. pp. 2–14.
  3. "Islands". Maryland State Archives. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
  4. Rogers, Richard Anson; Rogers, Laurine A. (1993). The Outrageous Atlas: A Guide to North America's Strangest Places. Carol Publishing Group. pp. 73–74. ISBN 978-0-8065-1445-1.
  5. Gannett, Henry (1904). A Gazetteer of Maryland and Delaware. Genealogical Publishing Com. p. 29. ISBN 978-0-8063-0703-9.
  6. DispatchAdmin (2014-09-25). "09/25/2014 | Channel Dredging Project Underway; Goal Is To Increase Channel Depth To Six Feet | News Ocean City MD". News Ocean City Maryland Coast Dispatch Newspaper. Retrieved 2020-08-19.


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