Atlantic shore
Ocean's eastern edge
The Atlantic shore is the coastline along the Atlantic Ocean, particularly the eastern seaboard of North America.
The term often evokes beaches, resort towns, and coastal communities from Maine to Florida: We rented a house on the Atlantic shore for the summer.
Compare Pacific coast.
- seagrassSaltwater flowering plant
- colonial portsHarbors in occupied territories
- duneWind-formed sand ridge
- rocky coastlineStone-edged meeting of land and sea
- beachSandy waterside margin
beach town · fishing · sea level rise · hurricane · exploration routes · mangrove · transatlantic trade · shipping · shipwrecks · naval battles · barrier island · lighthouse · salt marsh · indigenous settlements · tidal surge · estuary · coastal erosion · tidal flat
- American SceneryGrand Canyon, Yellowstone, Yosemite, Rocky Mountains, Great Plains
- coastscliffs, coves, bays, coastal plains, tide pool
- Namibian CoastBenguela Current, coastal fog, seal colonies, coastal dunes, shipwrecks
Atlantic shoreinterior
Inside area or region
heartland · hinterland · backcountry · prairie · Great Plains
Atlantic, shore, atlas, shores, shored, shoring, shoreline, shorelines, offshore