Satilla River

{{Short description|River in the state of Georgia, United States of America}}

{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}

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File:Satilla River Waterfront Park, boardwalk bench.JPG, Georgia]]

The Satilla River rises in Ben Hill County, Georgia, United States, near the town of Fitzgerald, and flows in a mostly easterly direction to the Atlantic Ocean. Along its approximately {{convert|235|mi|adj=on}}U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. [http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/ The National Map] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120329155652/http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/ |date=2012-03-29 }}, accessed April 21, 2011 course are the cities of Waycross, Waynesville, and Woodbine. The Satilla drains almost {{convert|4000|sqmi|km2}} of land, all of it in the coastal plain of southeastern Georgia. It has white sandbars and is the largest blackwater river situated entirely within Georgia.{{cite book|last1=Welander|first1=Suzanne|last2=Sehlinger|first2=Bob|last3=Otey|first3=Don|title=A Canoeing and Kayaking Guide to Georgia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=q_VCOOTWCkIC&pg=PA305|access-date=1 June 2012|year=2005|publisher=Menasha Ridge Press|isbn=978-0-89732-558-5|page=305}}{{gnis|356520|Satilla River}} The Satilla enters the Atlantic Ocean about {{convert|10|mi|km}} south of Brunswick, at the 31st parallel north. Satilla River Marsh Island[http://ocsdata.ncd.noaa.gov/BookletChart/11504_BookletChart.pdf St. Andrew Sound and Satilla River, NOAA Chart 11504] The river derives its name from a Spanish officer named Saint Illa, and over time the name was corrupted to form the word Satilla. French explorer Jean Ribault named the river the Somme when he encountered it in 1562. The river was later given the name Aisne by Jacques le Moyne.{{cite book |last= Krakow|first= Kenneth K.|author-link= |date= 1999|title= Georgia Place-names|url= http://www.kenkrakow.com/gpn/s.pdf|location= Macon, Georgia|publisher= Winship Press|page= 199|isbn=9780915430000}}