THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825
WAR OF 1812
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Gardiner’s Bay
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Great South Bay
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Lae Ronkonkoma
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Long Island Sound
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Detailed explanation-1: -Gardiners Bay is a small arm of the Atlantic Ocean, approximately 10 mi (16 km) long and 8 mi (13 km) wide in the U.S. state of New York between the two flukelike peninsulas at the eastern end of Long Island.
Detailed explanation-2: -It has depths of 24 to 27 feet with mud bottom and affords shelter from northeasterly winds Gardiners Point, a low spit, is at the northerly end of a very shoal bar which extends 1.5 miles north-northwestward from Gardiners Island.
Detailed explanation-3: -Today the property is permanently occupied by a caretaker and has been passed down to Robert Gardiner’s fiercely private niece, Alexandra Creel Goelet who has negotiated a conservation easement to ensure the preservation of the island’s delicate terrain, natural wildlife and historic structures.