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Place Name
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Mustang Island
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Place Status (Type)
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island
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Location
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Nueces County, Texas (TX), United States, North America
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Latitude
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unknown
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Longitude
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unknown
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Mustang Island
, Nueces co., S Texas, barrier isl., across
entrance to Corpus Christi Bay, 17 mi/27 km E
of Corpus Christi; 25 mi/40 km long,
1 mi/1.6 km-4 mi/6.4 km
wide. Port Aransas is on Aransas Pass, shipping channel to Corpus
Christi dug through N end of isl., at NE end; narrow channel that
separated isl. from Padre Isl. (S) is now filled. Causeway from Corpus
Christi connects Padre and Mustang isls. with mainland; ferry to Harbor
Isl. from N end connects with causeway to town of Aransas Pass. Mustang
Isl. State Park straddles S part.
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