New Jersey Peninsula

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[edit] Overview

New Jersey itself is a peninsula. It has water on three sides, The Atlantic Ocean to the east, the Delaware River to the West, and the Delaware Bay to the south. Its only connection to land is its northern border with New York. The Peninsula is 269 km long, only including New Jersey.

[edit] Not Just In New Jersey

Since the Delaware River goes further north than the New Jersey/New York border and the Hudson River is to the east of it, the peninsula can be conisdered to include the Southwest Hudson Valley and include cities like Newburgh and Middletown. Including such sections of Southern New York make the peninsula 350 km long. Such geological evidence could change the name from New Jersey Peninsula to New Jersey/ Southern New York Peninsula.