Delmarva Peninsula

Geographical location

The Delmarva Peninsula is a 300 km long and up to 100 km wide peninsula on the east coast of the United States. The name of Delmarva is made up of the names of the three states, divided the peninsula - Delaware, Maryland and Virginia.

Location

The Delmarva Peninsula is bordered by the Chesapeake Bay on the west and the Atlantic Ocean to the east.

Traffic routes

The roads on the peninsula leading to the north on the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, to the west of the 6.5 km long Chesapeake Bay Bridge to Maryland or in the south over the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel to Virginia Beach / Virginia. In addition, there are numerous ferry connections. The two largest cities are Dover ( Delaware) with about 33,000 and Salisbury ( Maryland), with around 24,000 inhabitants.

Nature

The peninsula is sparsely populated and mainly offers birdwatchers an interesting area. In some areas where greater wild horse supplies are available. On the offshore island of Assateague Assateague State Park, the reserve is set up, where you can watch this.