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The East Coast of the United States, also known as the Eastern Seaboard, the Atlantic Coast, and the Atlantic Seaboard, is the region encompassing the coastline where the Eastern United States meets the Atlantic Ocean. The Thirteen Colonies, which formed the United States in 1776 were located on this coast, and it has played an important role ...
The Northeastern United States, also referred to as the Northeast, the East Coast, [b] or the American Northeast, is a geographic region of the United States located on the Atlantic coast of North America.
A map of the Eastern United States. The Eastern United States, often abbreviated as simply the East, is a macroregion of the United States located to the east of the Mississippi River. [ 1] It includes 17–26 states and Washington, D.C., the national capital. As of 2011, the Eastern United States had an estimated population exceeding 179 ...
The Piedmont / ˈpiːdmɒnt / [ 1] is a plateau region located in the Eastern United States. It is situated between the Atlantic Plain and the Blue Ridge Mountains, stretching from New York in the north to central Alabama in the south. The Piedmont Province is a physiographic province of the larger Appalachian Highlands physiographic division ...
This is a list of U.S. states and territories ranked by their coastline length. 30 states have a coastline: 23 with a coastline on the Arctic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean (including the Gulf of Mexico and Gulf of Maine ), and/or Pacific Ocean, and 8 with a Great Lakes shoreline. New York has coasts on both the Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean.
Division 2: Middle Atlantic ( New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania) Region 2: Midwest (designated as the North Central Region before June 1984) [ 8] Division 3: East North Central ( Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin) Division 4: West North Central ( Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota ...
N. New Hampshire (25 C, 6 P) New Jersey (25 C, 4 P) New York (state) (25 C, 6 P) North Carolina (26 C, 5 P)
Fort Norfolk in 1861, a first system fort upgraded as part of the second system. The Statue of Liberty is built on top of Fort Wood of the second system. Fort Adams, one of the largest third system forts. In the American colonies and the United States, coastal forts were generally more heavily constructed than inland forts, and mounted heavier ...