37°33′37″N 76°53′22″W / 37.56028°N 76.88944°W / 37.56028; -76.88944

Sweet Hall Marsh (also known as Sweethall Marsh) is a 353-hectare (870-acre) tidal marsh located on the northern edge of the Pamunkey River in southeastern King William County, Virginia, United States,[1][2] just south-southeast of the unincorporated community of Sweet Hall.[3] It is privately owned by the Tacoma Hunting and Fishing Club[2] and is one of four components of the Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve.[4][5][6][7]

Due to its low elevation (0 feet [0 m])[1] and rising sea level, the marsh's fresh water ecosystem is in jeopardy.[8][9]

References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Sweet Hall Marsh
  2. 1 2 "Sweet Hall Marsh". vims.edu. Gloucester Point, Virginia: Virginia Institute of Marine Science. Retrieved 19 Aug 2019.
  3. ↑ "MyTopo Maps-Sweet Hall Marsh, West Point, VA, USA" (Map). mytopo.com. Trimble Navigation, Ltd. Retrieved 19 Aug 2019.
  4. ↑ Moore, Kenneth A.; Reay, William G. (Sep 2009). A Site Profile of the Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve in Virginia (PDF). coast/noaa.gov (Report). Gloucester Point, Virginia: Virginia Institute of Marine Science. p. 1. Retrieved 19 Aug 2019.
  5. ↑ Google (19 Aug 2019). "Sweet Hall Marsh, West Point, VA" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 19 Aug 2019.
  6. ↑ "Chesapeake Bay Virginia National Estuarine Research Reserve". recreation.gov. Recreation.gov. Retrieved 19 Aug 2019.
  7. ↑ "Chesapeake Bay-Virginia National Estuarine Research Reserve". coast.noaa.gov. Office for Coastal Management. Retrieved 19 Aug 2019.
  8. ↑ Dietrich, Tamara (22 Oct 2016). "VIMS studies 'ghost forests' of Chesapeake Bay". Daily Press. Newport News, Virginia: Tribune Publishing. Retrieved 19 Aug 2019.
  9. ↑ kramsayer (12 Nov 2012). "Salt-spitting grass could rescue marsh from sea-level rise". agu.org. Washington, D.C.: American Geophysical Union. Retrieved 19 Aug 2019.


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