(CA3) Critical Area 3
Location:
Chesapeake Bay, City of Norfolk, Virginia
Site Parameters
- Locality: City of Norfolk
- Body of Water: Chesapeake Bay
- State: Virginia
- Shore Direction of Face: North
- Shore Type: Beach
- Average Shore Height: 8 feet
- Land Use: Public Beach
- Coast Type: Straight
- Type: Detached Breakwaters
- Average Fetch: 46 miles
- Distance to 6ft Contour: 300 ft.
- Number of Breakwaters: 6
- Number of Bays: 5
- Date Installed: 1999