Rocky Point, Pictou County
Rocky Point, Nova Scotia
Rocky Point Geography
- Official Name: Rocky Point
- Geographic Feature Type Category: Terrain Feature
- Geographic Feature Type: Point
- Affiliate Community: Marshville
- Latitude / Longitude: 45.751569, -63.151765
A Point is a land feature that extends into a body of water, typically smaller and less prominent extension of land compared to a cape . Sometimes used interchangeably with “headland,” but it generally implies a smaller and less significant coastal projection.
Rocky Point Maps
- 1:50k Topographic NTS Map: 011E14
- 1:250k Topographic NTS Map: 011E
- 1879 Pictou County Atlas Map: Section 4
- Nova Scotia Land Grant Map: NS Land Grant map 078
- Nova Scotia 1:10k Topographic Map: 1045700063100 (Brule)
About Rocky Point
Rocky Point is a prominent rocky headland on the Northumberland Strait in the the community of Marshville. It is part of the same shoreline system that includes Rushtons Beach and nearby sheltered coves; its rocky shore contrasts with the neighbouring sandy beaches and saltmarsh flats and helps define local nearshore currents and wave patterns in Amet Sound.
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