Editing Sandy Hook (section)

{{Short description|Peninsula in New Jersey}}
{{About|a geographical landform in New Jersey|the place in Connecticut|Sandy Hook, Connecticut|other uses|Sandy Hook (disambiguation)}}
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| name              = Sandy Hook
| other_name        = 
| type              = [[Spit (landform)|Spit]]
| photo             = Sandy Hook NJ aerial.jpg
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| photo_caption     = Sandy Hook seen from an airplane (looking west) on its approach to [[JFK International Airport]] in [[Queens]], [[New York City]]
| map               = USA New Jersey Monmouth County
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| relief            = yes
| label             = Sandy Hook
| label_position    = bottom  
| coordinates       = {{Coord|40.4530|-73.9950|type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
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| location          = [[Middletown Township, New Jersey|Middletown Township]], [[Monmouth County, New Jersey|Monmouth County]], [[New Jersey]], United States
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| water_bodies      = Atlantic Ocean {{small|(to the east)}}<br/>[[Shrewsbury River]] {{small|(to the west)}}
| elevation_ft      = 7
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| area              = {{convert|2,044|acres}}
| depth             = {{convert|250|to|300|ft}}<ref name="unearthNJ">{{cite journal|title=Coreholes Reveal Glacial and Postglacial History at Sandy Hook|journal=Unearthing New Jersey|date=2015|volume=11|issue=1|page=3|url=https://www.nps.gov/gate/learn/upload/Miller_Unearthing_NJ_2015.pdf|access-date=4 September 2016|publisher=New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection|location=Trenton, NJ}}</ref>
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| operator          = [[National Park Service]]
| designation       = [[Spit (landform)|Barrier spit]]
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[[Image:Wpdms usgs photo sandy hook.jpg|thumb|262px|Sandy Hook, part of the [[Gateway National Recreation Area]]]]

'''Sandy Hook''' is a [[Spit (landform)|barrier spit]] in [[Middletown Township, New Jersey|Middletown Township]], [[Monmouth County, New Jersey]], United States.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Greenfield|first1=Beth|title=Sandy Hook, So Close to Manhattan, So Far Away in Spirit|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/05/travel/escapes/sandy-hook-so-close-to-manhattan-so-far-away-in-spirit.html|access-date=4 September 2016|work=The New York Times|date=5 August 2005}}</ref> The barrier spit, approximately {{convert|6|mi}} in length and varying from {{convert|0.1|to|1.0|mi}} wide, is located at the north end of the [[Jersey Shore]]. It encloses the southern entrance of [[Lower New York Bay]] south of [[New York City]], protecting it from the open waters of the [[Atlantic Ocean]] to the east.

The Dutch called the area "Sant Hoek", with the [[English language|English]] "Hook" deriving from the [[Dutch language|Dutch]] "Hoek" (corner, angle), meaning "spit of land".<ref>{{cite web|title=The Atlantic World: Dutch Place Names / De Atlantische Wereld: Plaatsnamen|url=http://international.loc.gov/intldl/awkbhtml/kb-1/kb-1-2-5.html|website=Dutch Place Names|publisher=Library of Congress|access-date=4 September 2016}}</ref> For over three centuries [[Sailor|mariners]] tasked with guiding ships across the Sandy Hook bar have been known as [[Sandy Hook pilot]]s.<ref>
{{cite news
|last1=Rueb
|first1=Emily
|title=The Channel Masters of New York Harbor
|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/20/nyregion/at-sea-with-new-york-harbors-channel-masters.html
|website=New York Times
|date=November 17, 2016
|access-date=29 January 2020}}</ref>

Most of Sandy Hook is owned and managed by the [[National Park Service]] as the Sandy Hook Unit of [[Gateway National Recreation Area]].