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A fact from Great Egg Harbor Bay appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 14 April 2018 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the islands in Great Egg Harbor Bay, a habitat for migratory birds, are eroding at a rate of 0.28 in (7 mm) per year?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2018/April. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Great Egg Harbor Bay.

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Why is it called Great Egg? Is there a Lesser Egg? Whose eggs? Abductive (reasoning) 19:58, 14 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Added the information @Abductive: yes, there is a Little Egg Harbor. It appears that Cornelius Jacobson Mey described the southern New Jersey coast as "Eyren Haven", or "Egg Harbor". ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 03:21, 15 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Hurricanehink:Cool. Abductive (reasoning) 03:24, 15 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]