also message 605 toward the end
& i know i get a bit carried away here
but it is an interesting one too
--- In
BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "aletheiak"
<aletheiak@y...> wrote:
>
> more on both these dry denj tongues in messages 1525 &
> 10071 & 10078
>
> --- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "aletheiak"
> <aletheiak@y...> wrote:
> >
> > interestingly
> > this lesser bit of rive gauche delaware was not the direct
result
> of
> > such an avulsion as killcohook was
> >
> > nor could accretion ever create any left bank delaware either
> >
> > rather it was merely an accident of the belated backswing
> > following the 1934 supreme court decision
> > of the same 12mile new castle arc that has caused delaware
> to
> > have a round top since 1683
> >
> > & it is precisely upon this lesser of the 2 dry denj segments
> that
> > denj shifts from the jersey shore to midchannel
> > along this recent sequel to that ancient arc
> > cutting off a preexisting but artificial protruding tongue of land
> >
> > a very funny thing
> > & it all seems to have just happened by chance
> >
> > yet this sweep of 12mile arc was in fact badly mismeasured
> >
> > it would be a good topic in itself for further research
> >
> > the artificial island obviously predates the 1934 demarcation
> >
http://www.topozone.com/map.asp?lat=39.49917&lon=-75.54
> > & please zoom out from there to get your bearings if
necessary
> >
> > i couldnt find denj marker artificial 6
> > tho i did find several of its mates
> >
> > of course i had to sneak in & out so it was kind of touch & go
> >
> > --- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "aletheiak"
> > <aletheiak@y...> wrote:
> > >
> > > ron
> > >
> > > > Some of you in the USA may be aware that
> > > > a little piece of land connected to New Jersey
> > > > extends out into the Delaware River
> > > > into the territory the state of Delaware.
> > >
> > > indeed this was mentioned as recently as this morning in
> > 16638
> > >
> > > & there is a similar but smaller & less well known piece of
> > > delaware connected to new jersey behind the salem nj
> nuclear
> > > plant where they dump their waste
> > >
> > > i have visited both of them
> > >
> > > with luck you will be able to see killcohook at the top & the
> > other
> > > bit sticking up at the bottom of this topo frame
> > > http://tinyurl.com/5rv4a
> > >
> > > > Many years ago the US Army Corps of Engineers
> > > > kept dumping dirt out in the river
> > > > until it built up past the border.
> > > > I don't think this was their intention;
> > > > they just needed to dump a lot of dirt.
> > >
> > > hmm
> > > i wonder if it was so unintentional tho
> > >
> > > the border there was formerly the natural riverbank itself
> > >
> > > so they couldnt have added any backfill that converted any
> wet
> > > new jersey into dry new jersey
> > >
> > > & i imagined all these additions were to protect the new
> jersey
> > > bank below them from the ravages of floods
> > >
> > > the dirt could easily have been dredged from the river too
> > >
> > > but like mark twain i dont really know either
> > >
> > > > This little tip of land is now part
> > > > of the Supawna Meadows National Wildlife Refuge,
> > > > formerly the Killcohook N. W. R.
> > > >
> > > > Approximately
> > > > N 39º 25' 30' W 075º 26' 30
> > >
> > > > Speaking of great circle calculators
> > > > on the "Russia Extremes..." thread
> > > > (an interesting one), I have a freeware
> > > > great circle/geodesic calculator GCGC
> > > > on my web site below.
> > > > GCGC has been accepted by the US NGS
> > > > as "User Contributed Software."
> > >
> > > thanx
> > > i love this stuff too
> > >
> > > can your tech improve on anything in it
> > >
> > > > Have fun.
> > > >
> > > > Cheers, 73,
> > > >
> > > > Ron McC.
> > > > w2iol@a...
> > > >
> > > > Ronald C. McConnell, PhD
> > > >
> > > > WGS-84: N 40º 46' 57.9" +/-0.1"
> > > > W 74º 41' 21.3" +/-0.1"
> > > > FN20ps.77GU96 +/-
> > > > V +5058 H +1504
> > > >
> > > > <http://home.earthlink.net/~rcmcc>
> > > >
> > > > I was gratified to be able
> > > > to answer promptly, and I did.
> > > > I said I didn't know.
> > > > - Mark Twain