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Importing Wikidata short description: "Inlet north of Atlantic City, New Jersey"

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{{Short description|Inlet north of Atlantic City, New Jersey}}
'''Absecon Inlet''' is a narrow [[strait]] on the [[South Jersey|southeastern]] [[Jersey Shore|coast]] of [[New Jersey]], United States.<ref name=Webster>''Merriam Webster's Geographical Dictionary, Third Edition'', pp. 3-4.</ref>

[[File:Brigantine NJ from 47th floor of Revel Atlantic City.jpg|thumb|300px|Entrance to inlet looking to Brigantine]]

==Geography==
Absecon Inlet leads from the [[Atlantic Ocean]] through [[barrier islands]] in [[Atlantic County, New Jersey|Atlantic County]], New Jersey. Its southern shore is the north end of [[Absecon Island]], on which lies [[Atlantic City, New Jersey|Atlantic City]], New Jersey.<ref name="Webster" /> [[Absecon Lighthouse]] is south of the inlet and overlooks it from the north end of Absecon Island. [[Brigantine Island]] is to the north and east. The [[Brigantine Bridge]] carries [[New Jersey Route 87]] over the inlet.

Absecon Inlet separates [[Absecon Island]] from [[Brigantine Island]], and including its continuation, '''Absecon Channel''', connects Absecon Bay and [[Reeds Bay]] with the Atlantic Ocean.

Absecon Inlet was described in 1878, ''viz''.,
{{quote|''Absecon Inlet'' is navigable for small-sized coasting vessels, and furnishes ingress and exit to the waters of Absecon and Reed's Bays, small bodies of water in Atlantic County. No considerable stream except Absecon Creek flows into them.<ref>''Historical and Biographical Atlas of the New Jersey Coast'', Woolman and Rose, Philadelphia, 1878; p. 20</ref>}}

==Namesakes==
Two [[United States Navy]] ships—the [[cargo ship]] [[USS Absecon (1918)|USS ''Absecon'']], in use briefly in 1918, and the [[aircraft catapult]] training ship [[USS Absecon (AVP-23)|USS ''Absecon'']], in commission from 1943 to 1947—and the [[United States Coast Guard]] [[United States Coast Guard Cutter|cutter]] [[USCGC Absecon (WAVP-374)|USCGC ''Absecon'']], in commission from 1949 to 1972, were named for Absecon Inlet.

==Notes==
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==References==
*''Merriam Webster's Geographical Dictionary'', Third Edition. Springfield, Massachusetts: Merriam-Webster, Incorporated, 1997. {{ISBN|0-87779-546-0}}.
*{{DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/a2/absecon-i.htm}} (See ship namesake paragraph.)

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[[Category:Inlets of New Jersey]]
[[Category:Straits of New Jersey]]
[[Category:Bodies of water of Atlantic County, New Jersey]]

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