(CATH) St. Catherine's Island
Location:
Potomac River, St. Mary's County, Maryland
Site Parameters
- Land Use: Spit/ Dredge Disposal
- Coast Type: Spit
- Date Installed: March 1989
- Type: Headland Breakwaters
- Number of Breakwaters: 3
- Number of Bays: 4
- Shore Direction of Face: Northeast
- Shore Type: Marsh
- Average Shore Height (feet): 5
- Average Fetch (miles) 4.6
- Distance to 6 ft Contour (feet): 1900