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Like most areas in Chesapeake Bay, Wye Island suffers from the scourge of erosion as waves beat against the shoreline

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Description

Like most areas in Chesapeake Bay, Wye Island suffers from the scourge of erosion as waves beat against the shoreline. (Image credit: Mary Hollinger)

Photographer

Mary Hollinger

Display Date

1999 August 14

Location

Maryland, Wye Island, Chesapeake Bay

NOAA Affiliation

NODC biologist

Keywords

Coastline

Chesapeake Bay Maryland

Project

Photo Library