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modate the large volume of sea commerce into the industrial and commercial 

 complex of Greater New York. Sandy Hook Channel leads into Sandy Hook 

 Bay and Raritan Channel branches off into Raritan Bay. Ambrose Channel is 

 the principal entrance into New York Harbor leading to Upper Bay and New 

 City. The inlets to the east (East Rockaway, Jones, and Fire Island) are also 

 subject to shifting sands from time to time. 



The New York Bight is a contract in extremes. It contains the only remain- 

 ing strip of virgin barrier beach between Cape Cod and Cape Hatteras (Island 

 Beach State Park, NeAv Jersey) and supports the most heavily populated and 

 industrialized complex in the country — between Sandy Hook, New Jersey, and 

 Jamaica Bay, New York. The Bight supports some of the most heavily utilized 

 and valuable recreation areas in the country. For example, New Jersey's four- 

 county coastal waterway supports a two-billion-dollar recreation industry 



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