York River


Region Type Maps & Charts (if available, no international)
North America, Mid-Atlantic River York River

40 miles long, E Va., estuary (1-2.5 miles wide); receives Pamunkey and Mattaponi rivers at its head at West Point; flows SE to Chesapeake Bay 17 miles N of Newport News; bridged at Yorktown 10 miles W of its mouth; 37º31'N 76º46'W. Part of Colonial Natl. Historical Park (Yorktown sect.) on SE shore. Navigable.

Sources

Robert A. McCaughey

Compiler

Peter Richards

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