About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 103. Chapters: Norfolk, Virginia, Newport News, Virginia, Williamsburg, Virginia, Gloucester County, Virginia, Windsor, Virginia, Portsmouth, Virginia, Virginia Beach, Virginia, Hampton, Virginia, Chesapeake, Virginia, York County, Virginia, Isle of Wight County, Virginia, Franklin, Virginia, Poquoson, Virginia, James City County, Virginia, Mathews County, Virginia, Dendron, Virginia, Claremont, Virginia, Smithfield, Virginia, Surry, Virginia, Suffolk, Virginia, List of people from Hampton Roads, History of Hampton Roads, Virginia Peninsula, Surry County, Virginia, Anime Mid-Atlantic, South Hampton Roads, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Blackbeard's Point. Excerpt: Hampton Roads is the name for both a body of water and the Norfolk-Virginia Beach metropolitan area which surrounds it in southeastern Virginia, United States. Hampton Roads is notable for its year-round ice-free harbor, for United States Navy, Coast Guard, Air Force, NASA, Marines, and Army facilities, shipyards, coal piers, and hundreds of miles of waterfront property and beaches, all of which contribute to the diversity and stability of the region's economy. The water area known as Hampton Roads is one of the world's biggest natural harbors (more accurately a roadstead or "roads"), and incorporates the mouths of the Elizabeth River and James River with several smaller rivers and itself empties into the Chesapeake Bay near its mouth leading to the Atlantic Ocean.. The skyline of Norfolk, the region's geographic centerThe land area (also known as "Tidewater") includes dozens of cities, counties and towns on the Virginia Peninsula and in South Hampton Roads. Some of the more outlying areas from the harbor may or may not be included as part of "Hampton Roads," depending upon the organization or purpose. For a commonly used example, as defined for federal economic purposes, ...
