Tidal Currents through Vineyard and Nantucket Sounds

Tidal Currents through Vineyard and Nantucket Sounds

Item Information

Title:
Tidal Currents through Vineyard and Nantucket Sounds
Description:
Twice a day, strong currents course in opposite directions through Vineyard and Nantucket Sounds shaping the shoreline, shoals, and ocean bottom. The current direction and velocity displayed here correspond to three hours after flood (top) or ebb tide (bottom) at Pollock Rip Channel southeast of Monomoy Point.
Name on Item:
Brian R. Hall [Compiler]
Date:
August 13, 2015
Format:
Objects/Artifacts
Genre:
Book illustrations
Location:
Harvard University
Harvard Forest Archives
Collection (local):
Harvard Forest Martha's Vineyard Collection
Subjects:
Coastal
Regional Studies
Tides
Places:
Massachusetts > Dukes (county) > Martha's Vineyard (island)
Massachusetts > Barnstable (county) > Cape Cod (area)
Massachusetts > Nantucket (county) > Nantucket Island (island) > Nantucket
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/vh53xt772
Terms of Use:
Copyright (c) Brian R. Hall
This work is licensed for use under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives License (CC BY-NC-ND).
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Notes:
Adapted from Marion J. White. Eldridge Tide and Pilot Book - 2003. Robert E White Instruments Inc. Medfield MA.
Notes (publications):
From: Martha's Vineyard Book, Chapter 7
Identifier:
FosterFig7-13