Newark Bay | |
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![]() Port Newark is seen in the foreground looking northeast across the bay to Jersey City and the Manhattan borough of New York City. | |
Location | New Jersey |
Coordinates | 40°40′47″N 74°07′53″W / 40.679597°N 74.131451°W |
Type | Bay |
Newark Bay is a tidal bay at the confluence of the Passaic and Hackensack Rivers in northeastern New Jersey. It is home to the Port Newark-Elizabeth Marine Terminal, the largest container shipping facility in Port of New York and New Jersey, the second busiest in the United States. An estuary, it is periodically dredged to accommodate seafaring ships.