Delmarva Peninsula

The Delmarva Peninsula is a large peninsula on the East Coast of the United States, occupied by portions of three U.S. states: Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia. Named as a portmanteau of the letters of the states that occupy it, it is almost 300 by 100 km or about 180 by 60 miles, and is bordered by the Chesapeake Bay on the west, and the Delaware River, Delaware Bay, and Atlantic Ocean on the east. Its northern isthmus is cut by the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal. Bridges cross the canal and the Chesapeake Bay Bridge and the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel join the peninsula to the mainland. Other points of access include Lewes, Delaware, reachable by ferry from Cape May, New Jersey. Dover, the capital of Delaware, is in the northeast corner, but the peninsula's main commercial area is Salisbury, Maryland, near the center of the peninsula.

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Peninsula - East Coast - United States - U.S. states - Delaware - Maryland - Virginia - Portmanteau - Chesapeake Bay - Delaware River - Delaware Bay - Atlantic Ocean - Isthmus - Chesapeake and Delaware Canal - Bridge - Canal - Chesapeake Bay Bridge - Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel - Mainland - Lewes, Delaware - Ferry - Cape May - New Jersey - Dover - Commercial - Salisbury

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