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Cockle Creek
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Cockle Creek (Virginia) is located in Virginia
Cockle Creek (Virginia)
Location of mouth
Country United States
Physical characteristics
Main source Chincoteague Inlet
sea level
River mouth Chincoteague Bay
sea level
37°54′54″N 75°26′39″W / 37.914898°N 75.444144°W / 37.914898; -75.444144
Length 3.5 miles (5.6 km)

Cockle Creek is a 3.5-mile-long (5.6 km) stream in Chincoteague, Virginia between Chincoteague Inlet to the south and Chincoteague Bay to the north. It was the site of a naval battle during the American Civil War, the Battle of Cockle Creek.

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