Rockaway Peninsula

Rockaway Peninsula
Rockaway Peninsula
Rockaway Peninsula - die Südostspitze Long Islands aus der Luft
Rockaway Peninsula - die Südostspitze Long Islands aus der Luft
Gewässer 1 Atlantischer Ozean
Gewässer 2 Jamaica Bay

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40° 34′ 31,01″ N, 73° 51′ 1,64″ W40.575281-73.850455Koordinaten: 40° 34′ 31,01″ N, 73° 51′ 1,64″ W
Rockaway Peninsula (New York City)
Rockaway Peninsula

Die Rockaway Peninsula (oder auch The Rockaways genannt) ist eine schmale langgezogene Halbinsel im New Yorker Stadtteil Queens, die die boddenartige Jamaica Bay von dem Atlantik trennt. Sie beherbergt neben mehreren Wohnvierteln wie Far Rockaway mit Rockaway Beach auch einen beliebten Strand der New Yorker am Atlantik.

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