matagorda, peninsula, 58500, 01833, 58500, 01833the, ɔːr, narrow, spit, land, southeastern, coast, texas, united, states, peninsula, matagorda, county, texas, barrier, island, lies, between, matagorda, estuary, gulf, mexico, texas, gulf, coast, island, water, . 28 35 06 N 96 01 06 W 28 58500 N 96 01833 W 28 58500 96 01833The Matagorda Peninsula ˈ m ae t e ˈ ɡ ɔːr d e 1 is a narrow spit of land on the southeastern coast of Texas in the United States 2 The peninsula is in Matagorda County Texas The barrier island lies between Matagorda Bay an estuary and the Gulf of Mexico The Texas Gulf Coast island has a water exchange of two to five tidal inlets suspending the tides in marginal sea The Matagorda Ship Channel located on the peninsula produces a substantial tidal range of seawater bearing north south of the barrier island 3 References edit Matagorda Bay Dictionary com Random House Inc Retrieved 9 November 2014 Merriam Webster s Geographical Dictionary Third Edition Springfield Massachusetts Merriam Webster 1997 ISBN 0 87779 546 0 p 718 Matagorda Bay GulfBase org Archived from the original on 24 September 2010 Retrieved 25 May 2010 External links editKleiner Diana J Leatherwood Art Matagorda Peninsula Handbook of Texas Texas State Historical Association nbsp This article about a location in Matagorda County Texas is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Matagorda Peninsula amp oldid 1161314264, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
