Mosquito Creek (Virginia)
Coordinates: 37°56′34″N 75°26′45″W / 37.942757°N 75.445861°W
Mosquito Creek | |
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Mosquito Creek | |
Origin | Cockle Creek |
Mouth | Chincoteague Bay |
Basin countries | United States |
Length | 2 miles |
Mosquito Creek is a stream in Chincoteague, Virginia that connects with Cockle Creek to the south and a mouth at Chincoteague Bay to the North.[1]
History
The name of the creek first appeared in the Decisions of the United States Board on Geographical Names in 1943.[2]
See also
- List of Virginia rivers
References
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- ↑ GMCO Maps & Charts. GMCO's Fishing & Recreation Map of Chincoteague-Assateague, Virginia, 2003.
- ↑ Topping, Mary, comp., Approved Place Names in Virginia: An Index to Virginia Names Approved by the United States Board on Geographic Names through 1969 (Charlottesville, VA: University Press of Virginia, 1971), 105.