Matagorda Ship Channel

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| location = {{unbulleted list|Matagorda Peninsula|Matagorda Bay, Texas}}

| country = United States

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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}}