Gulfwatch Sites

site# site name location site code latitute longitude years sampled basin name basin area substrate exposure tidal range
1 Sandwich Massachusetts MASN 41’45.0’N 70’24.0’W “92,93,94,95” Mill Creek 4 sand 0 2.7
2 “Plymouth, Manomet Point” Massachusetts MAPY 41’55.7’N 70’32.3’W 93 NA NA rock 40 3
3 Duxbury Massachusetts MADX 42’02.01’N 70’40.03’W 94 Duxbury Bay 32.38 cobble 280 3
4 Cohassett Massachusetts MACO 42’15.3’N 70’47.4’W 93 NA NA rock 0 3
5 Nut Island Massachusetts MANI 42’17.10’N 70’58.20’W 92 Weymouth Fore River 300 steel navigation spindle 35 3
6 Long Island Massachusetts MALI 42’19.7’N 70’57.3’W 93 Charles/Mystic/Neponset 130 rock 45 3
7 Brewster Island Massachusetts MABI 42’20.55’N “70’52,68’W” 94 Boston Harbor 45 cobble 285 4
8 Boston Inner harbor Massachusetts MAIH 41’21.53’N 71’02.94’W 95 Boston Inner harbor 300 granite peer 160 4
9 Winthrop Massachusetts MAWN 42’21.89’N 70’57.85’W 94 Boston Harbor 45 cobble 90 4
10 Pines River Massachusetts MAPR 42’25.87’N 70’58.76’W 95 Pines River 25.9 sand 0 4
11 Nahant Massachusetts MANH 42’25.07’N 70’54.28’W 91 NA NA rock 110 3
12 Marblehead Massachusetts MAMH 42’29.9’N 70’50.9’W 93 NA NA rock 180 2.7
13 Ipswich Massachusetts MAIP 42’42.04’N 70’47.44’W 94 Plum Island sound 602.1 rock 90 4
14 Merrimac Massachusetts MAME 42’48.5’N 70’49.4’W 93 Merrimac River 12950 mud 90 3
15 Hampton / Seabrook Estuary New Hampshire NHHS 42’53.5’N 70’49.0’W “93, 95” Hampton Seabrook Estuary 120 sand 90 2
16 Rye Harbor New Hampshire NHRH 43’00.00’N 70’14.42’W 94 Rye Harbor 1.5 cobble 250 2
17 Little Harbor New Hampshire NHLH 43’02.00’N 70’43.0’W 95 Piscataqua River 2409 mud 90 2.8
18 Odiorne Point New Hampshire NHOP 43’3.2’N 70’43.1’W 92 Piscataqua River 2409 sand 90 2.8
19 Shapleigh Island New Hampshire NHSI 43’5.0’N 70’44.0’W 92 Piscataqua River 2409 mud 180 2.8
20 Dover Point New Hampshire NHDP 43’07.09’N 70’49.39’W 94 Piscataqua River 1400 rock 0 2.7
21 Clark Cove Maine MECC 43’04.4’N 70’43.4’W “93,94,95” Piscataqua / Salmon Falls 1400 mud 160 2.5
22 Brave Boat Harbor Maine MEBH 43’05.6’N 70’39.2’W 93 Brave Boat harbor 2 mud 100 2.5
23 Saco River Maine MESA 43’26.52’N 70’21.08’W 94 Saco 4403 rock 90 3
24 Portland Harbor Maine MEPH 43’38.75’N 70’15.50’W 94 Stroudwater-Fore 135 mud 180 3
25 Presumpscot River Maine MEPR 43’41.60’N 70’15.00’W 94 Presumpscot 1593 mud 30 3
26 Broad Cove Maine MEBC 43’45.95’N 70’10.75’W “92,95” Casco Bay NA mud 45 3
27 Royal River Maine MERY 43’47.8’N 70’08.8’W 93 Royal River 430 mud 90 3
28 Kennebec River Maine MEKN 43’47.5’N 69’47.6’W “92,93,94,95” Kennebec 24171 rock 30 3
29 Sheepscot River Maine MESH 43’51.26’N 69’42.10’W 92 Sheepscot River 591 rock 30 3
30 Damariscotta Maine MEDM 43’56.30’N 69’34.90’W 95 Damariscotta 260 rock 180 3
31 Boothbay Harbor Maine MEBB 43’51.04’N 69’40.36’W 91 Boothbay Harbor 15 rock 90 3
32 Linekin Bay Maine MELB 43.51.35’N 69’35.41’W 91 Boothbay Harbor 25 rock 180 3
33 Penobscot River Maine MEFP 44’28.3’N 68’48.9’W 93 Penobscot 23867 sand 180 3
34 Pickering Island Maine MEPI 44’15.6’N 68’43.8’W 93 Penobscot 23867 sand 180 3
35 Union river Maine MEUR 44’15.60’N 68’43.80’W 94 Union River 1300 rock 45 3
36 Seal Cove Maine MESC 44’16.54’N 68’24.05’W 91 NA 7 rock 45 3
37 Southwest Harbor Maine MESW 44’16.26’N 68’19.12’W 91 South West Harbor 10 rock 45 3.5
38 Machias River Maine MEMR 44’41.20’N 67’23.50’W 94 Machias River 1165 mud 45 3.6
39 Cobscook Bay Maine MECK 44’54.28’N 67’03.25’W 94 St. Croix 3575 gravel 180 6.5
40 St. Croix New Brunswick NBSC 45’10.0’N 67’09.7’W 93 St. Croix Estuary 5 rock 150 8
41 Niger River New Brunswick NBNR 45’60.30’N 69’23.50’W “94,95” Passamaquoddy Bay 100 rock 300 8
42 Hospital Island New Brunswick NBHI 45’07.42’N 67’00.53’W “92,93,94,95” Passamaquoddy Bay 100 sand 180 8
43 Letang Estuary New Brunswick NBLN 45’04.6’N 66’48.0’W 93 Letang Estuary 10 rock 180 8
44 Limekiln Bay New Brunswick NBLB 45’51.35’N 69’35.41’W 94 Letang Harbor 10 gravel 330 8
45 Manawagonish Bay New Brunswick NBMI 45’13.0’N 66’6.0’W “92,95” Saint John Harbor gravel 150 8
46 Machias Seal Island New Brunswick NBSI 44’30.1’N 69’06.1’W 92 Bay of Fundy NA rock 270 6
47 Apple River Nova Scotia NSAR 45’27.60’N 64’51.80’W 94 Chignecto Bay 1084 cobble/gravel 225 12
48 Fiver Islands Nova Scotia NSFI 45’39.5’N 64’06.7’W “93,94” Minas Basin 800 rock/sand 40 8
49 Annapolis Causway Nova Scotia NSCW 44’65.70’N 65’66.77’W 95 Annapolis Basin 75 sand/mud 180 5
50 Cornvallis Nova Scotia NSAC 44’24.43’N 65’31.13’W 91 Annapolis Basin 100 rock 60 8
51 Thornes Cove Nova Scotia NSTC 44’40.95’N 65’41.42’W 91 Annapolis Basin 100 rock 180 8
52 Digby Nova Scotia NSDI 44’38.0’N 65’45.0’W “92,93,94” Annapolis Basin 1600 mud 360 8
53 Broad Cove Nova Scotia NSBC 44’40.0’N 65’50.0’W “92,93” Bay of Fundy NA rock 135 8
54 Spechts Cove Nova Scotia NSSC 44’32.30’N 65’52.20’W 94 Spects Cove 2 rock 180 8
55 Belliveaus Cove Nova Scotia NSBE 44’24.15’N 66’02.45’W 95 Sissy-Boo River 2 mud 120 8
56 Yarmouth Nova Scotia NSYR 43’81.8’N 66’14.3’W 93 Yarmouth Harbor 15.6 sand/silt 180 5
57 Argyle Sound Nova Scotia NSAG 43’73.9’N 65’84.4’W 93 Argyle Sound 4 rock 180 4
58 Barrington Passage Nova Scotia NSBP 43’31.00’N 65’38.00’W 94 Doctors Cove 3 rock 45 4

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