San Luis Pass | |
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| Coordinates: 29°04′57″N 95°07′18″W / 29.0824652°N 95.1215959°W | |
| Location | |
| Part of | West Bay |
| Offshore water bodies | Gulf of Mexico |
| Dimensions | |
| • Length | 2.25 mi (3.62 km) |
| • Width | .75 mi (1.21 km) |
| • Depth | 10 ft (3.0 m) ~ 40 ft (12 m)[1] |
| • Drop | 40 ft (12 m) |
| Topo map | AOL. "San Luis Pass, TX" (Map). Mapquest. AOL. |
| GNIS feature ID | |
| Road Navigation | Farm to Market Road 3005 |
San Luis Pass is a passage of water on the Texas Gulf Coast of the United States. It connects the sheltered waters of West Bay to the open Gulf of Mexico between Galveston Island and San Luis Island.
Fishermen and swimmers have been killed in the Pass' treacherous waters.[2][3] The Gulf of Mexico-West Bay pass transitions vast volumes of seawater. The San Luis Pass physical oceanography is essentially contributed to the aggressive Gulf Stream and loop current, fluctuating tides in marginal sea, and marine sediment. The marginal sea's ocean circulation is periodically redefining the coastal continental shelf subsequently reciprocating uncertainties of continental margin at Follet's Island and West Galveston Island.
The San Luis Pass-Vacek Toll Bridge spans San Luis Pass from Galveston County to Brazoria County.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
SLPwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Rice, Harvey (June 27, 2013). "New Warnings Posted at Deadly San Luis Pass". The Houston Chronicle. Hearst Communications, Inc.
- ^ Garza, Stephany (June 30, 2017). "County Officials Post New Signs Warning Residents of San Luis Pass' Death Toll". The Facts. Brazosport Facts.