Matagorda Peninsula

{{short description|Barrier peninsula in Texas}}

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The Matagorda Peninsula ({{IPAc-en|audio=En-us-Matagorda.ogg|ˈ|m|æ|t|ə|ˈ|g|ɔər|d|ə|}}{{cite web|title=Matagorda Bay|url=http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/matagorda%20bay|website=Dictionary.com|publisher=Random House, Inc|accessdate=9 November 2014}}) is a narrow spit of land on the southeastern coast of Texas in the United States.Merriam Webster's Geographical Dictionary, Third Edition. Springfield, Massachusetts: Merriam-Webster, 1997. {{ISBN|0-87779-546-0}}. p.718.

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.gulfbase.org/bay/view.php?bid=matagorda|title=Matagorda Bay|publisher=GulfBase.org|accessdate=25 May 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100924062441/http://gulfbase.org/bay/view.php?bid=matagorda|archivedate=24 September 2010}}