Figure 58. Evolution of Aunt Lydia's Cove entrance channel 1982-1990
re-establish a more permanent channel to Pleasant Bay (visible in Figure 60). If
this channel is successful in cutting through the ebb shield, the western half of the
flood shoal will be separated and re-establish the Tern Island south shoal. At that
point, the location of the entrance channel will have to be re-evaluated in light of
the stability of this shoal feature.
Chatham Harbor scour hole
As of the bathymetric survey collected by SHOALS in 1997, a large scour
hole had formed with depths of around 29 ft (8.8 m) mllw at the confluence of the
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