Charleston Harbor is a harbor at the junction of the Ashley, Cooper and Wando Rivers, South Carolina, with its entrance funnelled between Sullivan's Island and Morris Island to the Atlantic Ocean. The tide is semidiurnal, with a mean range of 5.22 ft (1.59 m) at the Charleston station.
- Type
- Harbor
- Location
- South Carolina, United States
- Setting
- At the junction of the Ashley, Cooper and Wando Rivers, South Carolina, with its entrance funnelled between Sullivan's Island and Morris Island to the Atlantic Ocean
- Tidal range
- The tide is semidiurnal, with a mean range of 5.22 ft (1.59 m) at the Charleston station.
- Notable
- Fort Sumter, on a shoal at the harbor's mouth, is the National Park Service site where the American Civil War began on April 12, 1861 (US National Park Service).
