# Chesapeake Bay · Place

> Chesapeake Bay is a bay, placed to a region.

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# Chesapeake Bay

[37.0000° N, 76.2000° W]

Chesapeake Bay is a bay, placed to a region.

A point in the lower bay, standing for it as the colony's intended destination; no site on it was chosen.

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Placed to a region

## Nearby within 500 km

[Virginia Beach, Virginia](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0D6SX0GC7TX7/virginia-beach-virginia)

city

26 km SE

[Atlantic waters off Virginia](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0CXDNB6C1J97/atlantic-waters-off-virginia)

sea area

107 km E

[Site X, Bertie County, at the head of Albemarle Sound](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0CQCC10R37JG/site-x-bertie-county-at-the-head-of-albemarle-sound)

archaeological site

117 km SW

[Albemarle, Roanoke and Croatan sounds, North Carolina](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0CQCC1GC44B5/albemarle-roanoke-and-croatan-sounds-north-carolina)

region

124 km S

[Roanoke Island, Fort Raleigh National Historic Site](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0CQCC0H42FS5/roanoke-island-fort-raleigh-national-historic-site)

island

126 km S

[FBI Laboratory, Quantico, Virginia](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0D07Y7RY0AJ2/fbi-laboratory-quantico-virginia)

laboratory

202 km NW

## Cite it

```
Mysteries Department. (2026). Chesapeake Bay [Place PLC0CQCC18J0DR1]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/PLC0CQCC18J0DR1
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Key

**PLC** 0CQCC18J0DR1

Record

Place

Kind

Bay

Position

37.0000° N, 76.2000° W

Precision

To a region

Version

2

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