New York Harbor is a harbor at the mouth of the Hudson River, comprising Upper New York Bay, Lower New York Bay and The Narrows, and linking the Hudson and East Rivers with the Atlantic Ocean. The tide is semidiurnal, with a mean range of 4.53 ft (1.38 m) at The Battery, NY.
- Type
- Harbor
- Location
- New York, United States
- Setting
- At the mouth of the Hudson River, comprising Upper New York Bay, Lower New York Bay and The Narrows, and linking the Hudson and East Rivers with the Atlantic Ocean
- Tidal range
- The tide is semidiurnal, with a mean range of 4.53 ft (1.38 m) at The Battery, NY.
- Notable
- The Ambrose Channel, maintained to 53 ft, is the principal deep-draft shipping channel into the Port of New York and New Jersey,the busiest container port on the US East Coast (US Army Corps of Engineers / Port Authority of NY & NJ).
