Home > Study Site > Sampling Sites | Transects >

Sampling Site S_Newport (South Newport River)

Site Description  

Name: South Newport River

Location: Georgia, USA

Description: The South Newport River is a 42.6-mile-long (68.6 km) river on the Atlantic coastal plain in the U.S. state of Georgia. It rises in Long County 3 miles (5 km) south of Walthourville and flows east-southeast, becoming the boundary between Liberty and McIntosh counties. It flows into Sapelo Sound, an arm of the Atlantic Ocean, south of St. Catherines Island.

Access Information: by boat (Ownership: public)

Site Map
GIS downloads: Google Earth
 
Find Related Information

Search the Data Catalog for data sets referencing S_Newport (South Newport River)

Search the Geographic Database for sampling locations within S_Newport (South Newport River)

Site Geographic Description

Display Options:   Units:    Show Polygon Coordinates: 

Rectangular Bounding Box Coordinates:

Corner Latitude, Longitude (deg)

Southwest
Northwest
Northeast
Southeast

31.517823, -81.439487
31.690207, -81.439487
31.690207, -81.156643
31.517823, -81.156643

Polygon Area:  20659 hectares

Polygon Center:  31.620775, -81.262709

Polygon Coordinates:

(not displayed)

LTER
NSF

This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under grants OCE-9982133, OCE-0620959, OCE-1237140, OCE-1832178 and OCE-2425396. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in the material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.