Dog and Bitch Island

Dog and Bitch Island is, depending on the source, one or two islands in Worcester County, Maryland, in the United States.[1][2] It is located within the Isle of Wight Bay.[3][4] The island is small in size and marshy.[5] In 2014 the federal Army Corps of Engineers pumped 18,000 cubic yards (14,000 m3) of material from navigation channel dredging operations onto the island to improve migratory bird habitat.[6]

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Dog and Bitch Island
  2. ^ Ocean City and Vicinity Water Resources Study, Restoration of Assateague Island, Worcester County. 1998. pp. 2–14.
  3. ^ "Islands". Maryland State Archives. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
  4. ^ Rogers, Richard Anson; Rogers, Laurine A. (1993). The Outrageous Atlas: A Guide to North America's Strangest Places. Carol Publishing Group. pp. 73–74. ISBN 978-0-8065-1445-1.
  5. ^ Gannett, Henry (1904). A Gazetteer of Maryland and Delaware. Genealogical Publishing Com. p. 29. ISBN 978-0-8063-0703-9.
  6. ^ DispatchAdmin (2014-09-25). "09/25/2014 | Channel Dredging Project Underway; Goal Is To Increase Channel Depth To Six Feet | News Ocean City MD". News Ocean City Maryland Coast Dispatch Newspaper. Retrieved 2020-08-19.