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Coordinates: 40°54′04″N 73°32′09″W / 40.901155°N 73.535743°W / 40.901155; -73.535743
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This article is about the inlet on the north shore of Long island. For the lagoon on the south shore of Long Island, see South Oyster Bay.

Oyster Bay, also known as Oyster Bay Harbor, is an inlet of Long Island Sound on the north shore of Long Island in New York in the United States.[1]

The bay lies in Nassau County. The hamlet of Oyster Bay within the Town of Oyster Bay is on its shore.[2]

The United States Navy motor torpedo boat tender USS Oyster Bay, in commission from 1943 to 1946, was named for Oyster Bay.

Notes

  1. ^ Merriam Webster's Geographical Dictionary, Third Edition, p. 886.
  2. ^ Merriam Webster's Geographical Dictionary, Third Edition, p. 886

References

  • Public Domain This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here. (See ship namesake paragraph.)
  • Merriam Webster's Geographical Dictionary, Third Edition. Springfield, Massachusetts: Merriam-Webster, Incorporated, 1997. ISBN 0-87779-546-0.

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