Mobile Bay - Landsat photo

Mobile and Mobile Bay from space, June 1991

During a jubilee along the shores of Mobile Bay, blue crabs & flounder come to shallow water near shore

Mobile Bay is an inlet of the Gulf of Mexico, lying within the state of Alabama in the United States. Its mouth is formed by a peninsula on the eastern side and Dauphin Island, a barrier island on the western side. The Mobile River and Tensaw River empty into the northern end of the bay, making it an estuary. Dog River, Deer River, and East Fowl River empty into the western side of the bay, and Fish River is across the bay on the eastern shore. Mobile Bay - Landsat photo Source: NASA, public domain https://zulu. ... Mobile Bay - Landsat photo Source: NASA, public domain https://zulu. ... Download high resolution version (639x639, 179 KB)Mobile and Mobile Bay, Alabama, USA - June 1991 image description here File links The following pages link to this file: Mobile, Alabama Mobile Bay Categories: NASA images ... Download high resolution version (639x639, 179 KB)Mobile and Mobile Bay, Alabama, USA - June 1991 image description here File links The following pages link to this file: Mobile, Alabama Mobile Bay Categories: NASA images ... Image File history File links Jubilee-Mobile-Bay-Alabama-crabs-flounders. ... Image File history File links Jubilee-Mobile-Bay-Alabama-crabs-flounders. ... Jubilee photo with crabs, flounder (flat brown fish), stingray, and an eel, at Weeks Bay NERR on eastern shore of Mobile Bay (click image to enlarge) Jubilee is the name used locally [1] for a natural phenomenon that occurs from time to time on the shores of Mobile Bay, Alabama... Superfamilies Dromiacea Homolodromioidea Dromioidea Homoloidea Eubrachyura Raninoidea Cyclodorippoidea Dorippoidea Calappoidea Leucosioidea Majoidea Hymenosomatoidea Parthenopoidea Retroplumoidea Cancroidea Portunoidea Bythograeoidea Xanthoidea Bellioidea Potamoidea Pseudothelphusoidea Gecarcinucoidea Cryptochiroidea Pinnotheroidea * Ocypodoidea * Grapsoidea * An asterisk (*) marks the crabs included in the clade Thoracotremata. ... Winter flounder, Pseudopleuronectes americanus A flounder blending into its environment Flounder isnt that little fish that travels around with Ariel in the movie titled The Little Mermaid. Flounder are actually flatfish that live in ocean waters ie. ... Gulf of Mexico in 3D perspective. ... Official language(s) English Capital Montgomery Largest city Birmingham Area  Ranked 30th  - Total 52,419 sq mi (135,765 km²)  - Width 190 miles (306 km)  - Length 330 miles (531 km)  - % water 3. ... Dauphin Island is a barrier island on the western edge of Mobile Bay. ... In geography, a bar is a linear shoaling landform feature within a body of water. ... The Mobile River located in southern Alabama, United States. ... The Tensaw River is a distributary of the Mobile River, approximately 25 mi (56 km) long, in southern Alabama in the United States. ... Rio de la Plata estuary Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Estuaries An estuary is a semi-enclosed coastal body of water with one or more rivers or streams flowing into it, and with a free connection to the open sea[1]. Estuaries are often associated with high rates of...

Mobile Bay narrows from 20 miles (32 km) wide near the mouth to about 7 miles (11 km) at the northern end, nearly 30 miles (48 km) from the Gulf of Mexico. The deepest areas of the bay are located within the shipping channel, sometimes in excess of 75 feet (23 m) deep, but the average depth of the bay is only 12 feet (3.7 m). Gulf of Mexico in 3D perspective. ...

Shoreline towns

The city of Mobile, Alabama, is situated at the head of the bay on the western shore. On the eastern shore of the bay are found several small communities, including Spanish Fort, Daphne, Fairhope, Point Clear, and Bon Secour. The town of Gulf Shores lies along the eastern peninsula at the Gulf of Mexico. Nickname: The Azalea City Coordinates: Country US State Alabama County Mobile Founded 1702 Incorporated 1814 Government  - Mayor Sam Jones Area  - City 412. ... Eastern Shore is a colloquial term referring to the geographic eastern shoreline of Mobile Bay in southwest Alabama. ... Spanish Fort is a city located in Baldwin County, Alabama. ... Daphne is a city located in Baldwin County, Alabama. ... Map of Fairhope, Alabama area, from Mobile Bay, past Weeks Bay, to neighboring towns (click map to enlarge) Fairhope is a city in Baldwin County, Alabama, on a sloping plateau, along the cliffs and shoreline of Mobile Bay. ... Point Clear is an unincorporated census-designated place located in Baldwin County, Alabama. ... Bon Secour, Alabama (postal zip code 36511) is located along the eastern coastline of Mobile Bay, over 35 miles due east of the Alabama-Mississippi state line, near Gulf Shores, Alabama and over 45 miles west of Pensacola, Florida. ... Gulf Shores is a city in Baldwin County, Alabama, United States. ...

On warm summer nights, the residents of the eastern and western shores sometimes enjoy the fruits of a mysterious natural phenomenon called a jubilee, when fish and crabs swarm toward shore and can be easily harvested by people wading in the shallows. Jubilee photo with crabs, flounder (flat brown fish), stingray, and an eel, at Weeks Bay NERR on eastern shore of Mobile Bay (click image to enlarge) Jubilee is the name used locally [1] for a natural phenomenon that occurs from time to time on the shores of Mobile Bay, Alabama...

History

The area around Mobile Bay was settled by some Choctaw tribes, ^[1] before the European explorers arrived. For other uses, see Choctaw (disambiguation). ...

By the mid-16th century, the Spanish conquistadors, such as Hernando de Soto,^[1] began mapping the area. In 1559, the government of New Spain (Mexico) send over 1400 colonists from Veracruz to establish a settlement in the area, called Ochuse bay; however, some sources believe the settlement was further east, at Pensacola Bay. (15th century - 16th century - 17th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 16th century was that century which lasted from 1501 to 1600. ... Conquistador (Spanish: []) (meaning Conqueror in the Spanish language) is the term used to refer to the soldiers, explorers and adventurers who brought much of the Americas and Asia Pacific under Spanish colonial rule between the 15th and 17th centuries, starting with the 1492 settlement established in the modern-day Bahamas... Hernando de Soto is a: Spanish explorer. ... January 15 - Elizabeth I of England is crowned in Westminster Abbey. ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... The state of Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave is one of the 31 states that comprise Mexico. ... Pensacola Bay is located in the northwestern part of Florida known as the Florida Panhandle. ...

Mobile Bay shoreline (1861), during the American Civil War (click image for list of labeled antebellum towns, railroads and rivers).

Due to hurricane damage, famine, and disputes with the native inhabitants, the Spanish settlements were abandoned in 1561, and the survivors left for Cuba or Veracruz. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... 1861 (MDCCCLXI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link with display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar) // January 1 - Benito Juárez captures Mexico City January 2 - Friedrich Wilhelm IV of Prussia dies and is succeeded by... This article is becoming very long. ... Antebellum is a Latin word meaning before war(ante means before and bellum is war). ... // Events The Edict of Orleans suspends the persecution of the Huguenots. ... The state of Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave is one of the 31 states that comprise Mexico. ...

An 1861 map (at right), from the American Civil War, has towns labeled for Mobile, Toulminville, Whistler, Kushla, Belle Air (along the Mobile and Ohio Railroad), and on the eastern shore, Stockton, Alabama City, and Williamsburg. On August 5, 1864, during the American Civil War, Admiral David Farragut led a Union flotilla through Confederate defenses and sealed one of the last major Southern ports of the bay in the Battle of Mobile Bay. 1861 (MDCCCLXI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link with display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar) // January 1 - Benito Juárez captures Mexico City January 2 - Friedrich Wilhelm IV of Prussia dies and is succeeded by... This article is becoming very long. ... Toulminville Toulminville is a district in Mobile, Alabama. ... August 5 is the 217th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (218th in leap years), with 148 days remaining. ... 1864 (MDCCCLXIV) was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... This article is becoming very long. ... Admiral David Glasgow Farragut Admiral David Glasgow Farragut David Glasgow Farragut (July 5, 1801 – August 14, 1870) was the senior officer of the U.S. Navy during the American Civil War. ... Motto: (Out Of Many, One) (traditional) In God We Trust (1956 to date) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington D.C. Largest city New York City None at federal level (English de facto) Government Federal constitutional republic  - President George Walker Bush (R)  - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence from... Motto Deo Vindice (Latin: Under God, Our Vindicator) Anthem God Save the South (unofficial) Dixie (traditional) The Bonnie Blue Flag (popular) Capital Montgomery, Alabama (until May 29, 1861) Richmond, Virginia (May 29, 1861–April 2, 1865) Danville, Virginia (from April 3, 1865) Language(s) English (de facto) Government Republic President... Combatants United States of America (U.S. Navy) Confederate States of America (Confederate States Navy) Commanders David Farragut (navy) Gordon Granger (army) Franklin Buchanan (navy) Dabney H. Maury (army) Strength 14 wooden ships (including 2 gunboats) 4 ironclad monitors 5,500 Land Force Three gunboats One ironclad Casualties 322 men...

On September 13, 1979, Hurricane Frederic entered the bay with winds reaching 145 miles per hour (233 km/h), destroying the bridge to Dauphin Island. September 13 is the 256th day of the year (257th in leap years). ... For the song by the Smashing Pumpkins, see 1979 (song). ... Hurricane Frederic in 1979 was the one of the costliest hurricanes to ever hit the U.S. Gulf Coast. ...

On August 28-29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina pushed a massive storm surge into Mobile Bay, measuring 16 feet (4.9 m) high at Bayou La Batre (Alabama), with higher waves on top, and 12 feet (3.7 m) high at Mobile, at the far northern end of Mobile Bay. Thousands of boats, boardwalks, and beach houses were damaged by waves exceeding 22 feet (6.7 m) high, and the battleship USS Alabama was pushed off its mooring, listing to port (tilted to the left). Downtown Mobile was flooded several feet, and the south-end towns of Bayou La Batre and Bon Secour were severely damaged, with ships and dozens of shrimp boats floated onto the land. August 28 is the 240th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (241st in leap years), with 125 days remaining. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Lowest pressure 902 mbar (hPa; 26. ... Bayou La Batre is a city located in Mobile County, Alabama. ... The firepower of a battleship demonstrated by USS Iowa A battleship is a large, heavily-armored warship with a main battery consisting of the largest caliber of guns. ... USS Alabama (BB-60), a South Dakota-class battleship, was the fifth completed ship named Alabama of the United States Navy, however she was only the third commissioned ship with that name. ... Bayou La Batre is a city located in Mobile County, Alabama. ... Bon Secour, Alabama (postal zip code 36511) is located along the eastern coastline of Mobile Bay, over 35 miles due east of the Alabama-Mississippi state line, near Gulf Shores, Alabama and over 45 miles west of Pensacola, Florida. ...

See also

• Gulf Islands National Seashore - offshore islands, includes nearby states.
• Hurricane Camille - area hurricane of 1969.

The Gulf Islands National Seashore is part of the National Park System and consists of several segments along the barrier islands in the Gulf of Mexico. ... Lowest pressure ≤905 mbar (hPa)[1] Damages $1. ... For the Stargate SG-1 episode, see 1969 (Stargate SG-1). ...

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b} "Choctaw Indian Tribe" (subtribes history), AccessGenealogy.com, 2006, webpage: AGchoctaw: states Choctaw inhabited lower Tombigbee River, covered southeast Louisiana to Florida panhandle.

The Tombigbee River is a tributary of the Mobile River, approximately 400 mi (644 long), in the U.S. states of Mississippi and Alabama. ... Official language(s) de jure: none de facto: English & French Capital Baton Rouge Largest city New Orleans [1] Area  Ranked 31st  - Total 51,885 sq mi (134,382 km²)  - Width 130 miles (210 km)  - Length 379 miles (610 km)  - % water 16  - Latitude 29°N to 33°N  - Longitude 89°W... Official language(s) English Capital Tallahassee Largest city Jacksonville Largest metro area Miami Area  Ranked 22nd  - Total 65,795[1] sq mi (170,304[1] km²)  - Width 361 miles (582 km)  - Length 447 miles (721 km)  - % water 17. ...

References

• Britannica.

1913 advertisement for the 11th edition, with the slogan When in doubt - look it up in the Encyclopædia Britannica The Encyclopædia Britannica (properly spelt with æ, the ae-ligature) is the oldest English-language general encyclopedia. ...

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