Natural water inlet in Texas, United States
Bolivar Roads is a natural
navigable
strait fringed by
Bolivar Peninsula and
Galveston Island emerging as a
landform on the
Texas Gulf Coast.
[4] The natural
waterway
inlet has a depth of 45 feet (14 m) with an
island to
peninsula
shoreline width of 1.5 miles (2.4 km).
The
ship canal approach is defined by two
jetties extending into the Gulf of Mexico with
distances of 4.5 miles (7.2 km) from the Bolivar Peninsula and 2.25 miles (3.62 km) from Galveston Island. The
jetty harbor entrance originated in the 1890s as a preventative structure to inhibit the
coastal sediment transport progressions by means of
deviations with the
continental margin and the
Gulf Stream
ocean current.
The Bolivar Roads
channel tailors a
nautical
navigation
gateway for
Galveston Bay,
Houston Ship Channel,
Port of Galveston, and
West Bay.
Gallery
Depictions of Bolivar Roads at Bolivar Peninsula and Galveston Island
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Southern aerial view of Bolivar Roads
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Bolivar Roads partition of Bolivar Peninsula and Galveston Island
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Maritime vessels at Galveston Island seacoast
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Maritime navigation to Bolivar Roads
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Ships approaching Bolivar Roads and Galveston Bay
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Geographic view of Bolivar Roads
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Space Shuttle Explorer navigating into Galveston Bay
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