Chesapeake Bay
in Maryland and Atlantic coast of the United States, being into two parts, is the largest inlet on the 200 miles long, and from 4 to 40 broad.
Cape Charles, and on the S. Cape Henry, Its entrance, 12 miles wide, has on the N. bay has numerous arms, which receive both promontories being in Virginia . The many navigable rivers, such as the Sus pahannock, and York on the W., and the quehanna on the N., the Potomac, Rap- James on the S. W. Unlike the shallow sounds toward the S., this network of gulfs and estuaries, with its noble feeders, affords depth of water for ships of up to the wharves of Baltimore and the any burden, virtually carrying the ocean arsenal of Washington.