Narragansett Bay is a bay forming the principal feature of the Rhode Island coast, opening into Rhode Island Sound and the Atlantic Ocean and continuing north into the Providence River. The tide is semidiurnal, with a mean range of 3.47 ft (1.06 m) at Newport and 4.41 ft (1.34 m) at Providence.
- Type
- Bay
- Location
- Rhode Island, United States
- Setting
- Forming the principal feature of the Rhode Island coast, opening into Rhode Island Sound and the Atlantic Ocean and continuing north into the Providence River
- Tidal range
- The tide is semidiurnal, with a mean range of 3.47 ft (1.06 m) at Newport and 4.41 ft (1.34 m) at Providence.
- Notable
- The Fox Point Hurricane Barrier across the Providence River, completed in 1966 after the 1938 and 1954 New England hurricanes, is a major US Army Corps of Engineers flood-protection structure (US Army Corps of Engineers).
