Moriches Bay
| Moriches Bay | |
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| Location | Long Island, New York |
| Coordinates | 40°47′22″N 72°42′56″W / 40.78944°N 72.71556°WCoordinates: 40°47′22″N 72°42′56″W / 40.78944°N 72.71556°W |
| Type | Lagoon |
| Primary inflows | Moriches and Shinnecock Inlets |
| Primary outflows | Atlantic Ocean |
Moriches Bay (
i/mʊərˈɪtʃɪz/ mohr-ICH-iz) is a lagoon system on the south shore of Long Island, New York. The name Moriches comes from Meritces, a Native American who owned land on Moriches Neck.
Two townships in Suffolk, New York (Brookhaven and the Southampton) share its shoreline.
Moriches Bay is east of the Mastic Narrows and Great South Bay and west of Shinnecock Bay. The bay is 62 miles (100 km) east of New York City.
Moriches Bay has a body of water of 9,480-acre (3,840 ha) of aquatic environment.
This includes Moneybogue Bay and Quantuck Bay, its salt marshes, dredged material islands, and intertidal flats.
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