| Lafayette River Tanner's Creek | |
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| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Virginia |
| City | Norfolk |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Mouth | Elizabeth River |
• coordinates | 36°53′46″N 76°19′24″W / 36.8960°N 76.3232°W |
| Length | 6.2 miles (10.0 km) |
The Lafayette River, earlier known as Tanner's Creek,[1] is a 6.2-mile-long (10.0 km)[2] tidal estuary which empties into the Elizabeth River just south of Sewell's Point near its mouth at Hampton Roads, which in turn empties into the southern end of Chesapeake Bay in southeast Virginia in the United States. It is entirely located in the city of Norfolk, Virginia.[3]
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lafayette River
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed April 1, 2011
- ^ "Shoreline Evolution: City of Norfolk, Virginia Chesapeake Bay, Elizabeth and Lafayette River Shorelines". College of William & Mary. Retrieved September 16, 2016.