The Kill Van Kull is shown here in red, connencting Newark Bay with Upper New York Bay
The Kill Van Kull is a tidal strait approximately 3 miles long and 1000 feet wide separating Staten Island and Bayonne, New Jersey, USA. The name kill comes from an old Dutch word for "water channel"
It connects Newark Bay with Upper New York Bay. Historically it has been one of the most important channels in commerce throughout the region, providing a passage for marine traffic between Manhattan and the industrial towns of New Jersey.
It currently provides the principal access for ocean-going container ships to Port Newark-Elizabeth Marine Terminal, the busiest port facility in the eastern United States and the principal marine terminal for New York Harbor.
KillVanKull is a tidal strait separating the City of Bayonne in New Jersey to the north from Staten Island to the south.
KillVanKull is approximately five miles long and has a depth ranging between 11 and 50 feet below mean low water (MLW), with an 800 foot wide and 40 foot deep dredged federal navigation channel that is flanked by shallow inshore areas.
KillVanKull is a channelized waterbody that accommodates a substantial amount of maritime traffic as it represents the major waterway connecting Upper New York Bay with Port Newark/Elizabeth within Newark Bay and Howland Hook on Staten Island, both major intermodal port areas.
On its south end, it is connected to Upper New York Bay by the KillVanKull, as well as to Raritan Bay by the Arthur Kill.
Arthur Kill Arthur Kill (from the Middle Dutch word kille, meaning "riverbed" or "water channel") is a tidal strait separating Staten Island from mainland New Jersey, USA.
KillVanKull The KillVanKull is a tidal strait approximately 3 miles long and 1000 feet wide separating Staten Island and Bayonne, New Jersey, USA.
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