| The Columbia Gazetteer of North America. 2000. |
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| Apalachicola Bay |
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| Apalachicola Bay (ap-pah-lach-i-KO-LAH), NW Fla., an arm of the Gulf of Mexico, bet. St. George (E) and St. Vincent (W) sounds, and sheltered by St. George Isl.; c.15 mi/24 km long, 7 mi/11.3 km wide; receives Apalachicola R. Connected with St. Andrew Bay by Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, which extends c.6 mi/9.7 km up the mouth of Apalachicola R. and through L. Wimico. |
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