Matagorda Ship Channel
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| navigation_authority = Calhoun Port Authority
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| date_began = 1962
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| date_completed = 1966
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| connects_to = Lavaca Bay
| start_point = Texas Gulf Coast
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The Matagorda Ship Channel is a channel constructed between 1962 and 1966 that allows ocean-going vessels to travel between the Gulf of Mexico and Matagorda Bay.US Army Corps of Engineers, [https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA452983.pdf Matagorda Ship Channel, Texas: Jetty Stability Study] The channel is part of the Port of Port Lavaca – Point Comfort, a major sea port in the U.S. state of Texas.{{cite book |title=Matagorda Island: A Naturalist's Guide |first1=Wayne H. |last1=McAlister |first2=Martha K. |last2=McAlister |year=1993 |publisher=University of Texas Press |location=Austin, TX |isbn=978-0-292-75151-4 |page=10 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f9RhB7ilMncC}}
See also
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External links
- [http://www.charts.noaa.gov/OnLineViewer/11317.shtml NOAA Nautical Chart 11317]
- [http://www.charts.noaa.gov/OnLineViewer/11319.shtml NOAA Nautical Chart 11319]
- {{cite gnis |id=1381067 |name=Matagorda Ship Channel}}
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Category:Ports and harbors of Texas
Category:Bodies of water of the Gulf of Mexico
Category:Transportation in Calhoun County, Texas
Category:Canals opened in 1966
Category:1966 establishments in Texas
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