South Pass, Mississippi River is a river entrance leading from Head of Passes at the lower Mississippi River through the delta to the Gulf of Mexico, the easternmost natural outlet of the river. The tide is diurnal and small, with a mean range of 0.80 ft (0.24 m) at the Pilottown station at Head of Passes.
- Type
- River entrance
- Location
- Louisiana, United States
- Setting
- Leading from Head of Passes at the lower Mississippi River through the delta to the Gulf of Mexico, the easternmost natural outlet of the river
- Tidal range
- The tide is diurnal and small, with a mean range of 0.80 ft (0.24 m) at the Pilottown station at Head of Passes.
- Notable
- The Eads Jetties (1875-1879), built by James Eads, were the engineering project that opened South Pass to deep-draft ocean shipping and established the principle of self-scouring jetty design (USACE).
