Metomkin Inlet Lifeboat Station
USA /
Virginia /
Accomac /
World
/ USA
/ Virginia
/ Accomac
abandoned / shut down, United States Coast Guard
Metomkin Inlet Lifeboat Station is located 24 miles southwest of Chincoteague Inlet and 10 miles northeast of Wachapreague Inlet on the northern end of Cedar Island at Longboat Creek about 1,500 yards west of the Atlantic Ocean in Virginia. The original station was established in 1882. The present land site of 4.5 acres was acquired in 1914 and in 1933, and the present station was built in 1935. The station was removed from the list of active stations in late 1964.
www.uscg.mil/history/stations/MetomkinInlet.pdf
www.uscg.mil/history/stations/MetomkinInlet.pdf
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Coordinates: 37°40'21"N 75°35'39"W
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