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Breton Sound is a sound
Sound (geography)

In geography a sound or seaway is a large sea or ocean inlet larger than a Headlands and bays, deeper than a bight , wider than a fjord, or it may identify a narrow sea or ocean channel between two bodies of land ....
 and a part of the coastline of the U.S. state
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 of Louisiana
Louisiana

The State of Louisiana is a U.S. state located in the U.S. Southern States of the United States of America. Its capital is Baton Rouge and largest city is New Orleans....
; it is near Lake Pontchartrain
Lake Pontchartrain

Lake Pontchartrain is a brackish water lake located in southeastern Louisiana. It is the second-largest Seawater lake in the United States, after the Great Salt Lake in Utah, and the largest lake in Louisiana....
.

Two ships in the United States Navy
United States Navy

The United States Navy is the navy of the United States Armed Forces. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. The U.S. Navy currently has approximately 331,682 personnel on active duty as of 31 December 2008 and 124,000 in the United States Navy Reserve....
 have been named the USS Breton
USS Breton

Two ships of the United States Navy have been named Breton, after the Breton Sound of the Louisiana coast.* The , was a Bogue-class escort aircraft carrier loaned to the Royal Navy and operated as HMS Chaser from 1943 to 1946....
 after this area.

On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina

Hurricane Katrina of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season was the costliest Atlantic hurricane, as well as one of the five deadliest, in the history of the United States....
 crossed the sound before making its third landfall near Pearlington, Mississippi
Pearlington, Mississippi

Pearlington is a census-designated place in Hancock County, Mississippi, Mississippi, United States, on U.S. Route 90, along the Pearl River, at the Louisiana stateline....
.








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Breton Sound is a sound
Sound (geography)

In geography a sound or seaway is a large sea or ocean inlet larger than a Headlands and bays, deeper than a bight , wider than a fjord, or it may identify a narrow sea or ocean channel between two bodies of land ....
 and a part of the coastline of the U.S. state
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 of Louisiana
Louisiana

The State of Louisiana is a U.S. state located in the U.S. Southern States of the United States of America. Its capital is Baton Rouge and largest city is New Orleans....
; it is near Lake Pontchartrain
Lake Pontchartrain

Lake Pontchartrain is a brackish water lake located in southeastern Louisiana. It is the second-largest Seawater lake in the United States, after the Great Salt Lake in Utah, and the largest lake in Louisiana....
.

Two ships in the United States Navy
United States Navy

The United States Navy is the navy of the United States Armed Forces. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. The U.S. Navy currently has approximately 331,682 personnel on active duty as of 31 December 2008 and 124,000 in the United States Navy Reserve....
 have been named the USS Breton
USS Breton

Two ships of the United States Navy have been named Breton, after the Breton Sound of the Louisiana coast.* The , was a Bogue-class escort aircraft carrier loaned to the Royal Navy and operated as HMS Chaser from 1943 to 1946....
 after this area.

On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina

Hurricane Katrina of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season was the costliest Atlantic hurricane, as well as one of the five deadliest, in the history of the United States....
 crossed the sound before making its third landfall near Pearlington, Mississippi
Pearlington, Mississippi

Pearlington is a census-designated place in Hancock County, Mississippi, Mississippi, United States, on U.S. Route 90, along the Pearl River, at the Louisiana stateline....
.

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