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The Mississippi 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 ....
 along the Gulf Coast of the United States
Gulf Coast of the United States

The Gulf Coast region of the United States comprises the coasts of states which border the Gulf of Mexico. The states of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida are known as the Gulf States....
. It runs east-west along the southern coasts of Mississippi
Mississippi

Mississippi is a U.S. state located in the Deep South of the United States. Jackson, Mississippi is the state capital and largest city. The state's name comes from the Mississippi River, which flows along its western boundary, and takes its name from the Anishinaabe language word misi-ziibi ....
 and Alabama
Alabama

Alabama is a state located in the Southern United States of the United States of America. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west....
, from Waveland, Mississippi
Waveland, Mississippi

Waveland is a city located in Hancock County, Mississippi, on the Gulf of Mexico. It is part of the Gulfport, Mississippi–Biloxi, Mississippi, Mississippi Gulfport-Biloxi metropolitan area....
, to the Dauphin Island Bridge
Dauphin Island Bridge

The Dauphin Island Bridge, formally the Gordon Persons Bridge, carries a , two-lane section of Alabama Highway 193 from the mainland south of Mobile, Alabama, across the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway and down to Dauphin Island....
, a distance of about 145 kilometers (90 mi). The sound is bordered on its southern edge by the barrier islands - Cat
Cat Island (Mississippi)

Cat Island is a barrier island off the Gulf Coast of the United States. The island is named for raccoons which early explorers mistook for cats....
, Ship
Ship Island (Mississippi)

Ship Island is the collective name for two barrier islands off the Gulf Coast of Mississippi, part of Gulf Islands National Seashore: East Ship Island and West Ship Island....
, Horn
Horn Island (Mississippi)

Horn Island is a long, thin barrier island off the Gulf Coast of Mississippi, south of Ocean Springs, Mississippi. It is part of the Gulf Islands National Seashore....
, Petit Bois
Petit Bois Island (Mississippi)

Petit Bois Island is an island off the coast of the U.S. state of Mississippi, south of Pascagoula, Mississippi. It is part of Jackson County, Mississippi....
 and Dauphin Islands - which are part of the National Park Service's Gulf Islands National Seashore
Gulf Islands National Seashore

Gulf Islands National Seashore offers recreation opportunities and preserves natural and historic resources along the Gulf of Mexico barrier islands of Florida and Mississippi....
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Mississippi Sound in Biloxi
The Mississippi 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 ....
 along the Gulf Coast of the United States
Gulf Coast of the United States

The Gulf Coast region of the United States comprises the coasts of states which border the Gulf of Mexico. The states of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida are known as the Gulf States....
. It runs east-west along the southern coasts of Mississippi
Mississippi

Mississippi is a U.S. state located in the Deep South of the United States. Jackson, Mississippi is the state capital and largest city. The state's name comes from the Mississippi River, which flows along its western boundary, and takes its name from the Anishinaabe language word misi-ziibi ....
 and Alabama
Alabama

Alabama is a state located in the Southern United States of the United States of America. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west....
, from Waveland, Mississippi
Waveland, Mississippi

Waveland is a city located in Hancock County, Mississippi, on the Gulf of Mexico. It is part of the Gulfport, Mississippi–Biloxi, Mississippi, Mississippi Gulfport-Biloxi metropolitan area....
, to the Dauphin Island Bridge
Dauphin Island Bridge

The Dauphin Island Bridge, formally the Gordon Persons Bridge, carries a , two-lane section of Alabama Highway 193 from the mainland south of Mobile, Alabama, across the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway and down to Dauphin Island....
, a distance of about 145 kilometers (90 mi). The sound is bordered on its southern edge by the barrier islands - Cat
Cat Island (Mississippi)

Cat Island is a barrier island off the Gulf Coast of the United States. The island is named for raccoons which early explorers mistook for cats....
, Ship
Ship Island (Mississippi)

Ship Island is the collective name for two barrier islands off the Gulf Coast of Mississippi, part of Gulf Islands National Seashore: East Ship Island and West Ship Island....
, Horn
Horn Island (Mississippi)

Horn Island is a long, thin barrier island off the Gulf Coast of Mississippi, south of Ocean Springs, Mississippi. It is part of the Gulf Islands National Seashore....
, Petit Bois
Petit Bois Island (Mississippi)

Petit Bois Island is an island off the coast of the U.S. state of Mississippi, south of Pascagoula, Mississippi. It is part of Jackson County, Mississippi....
 and Dauphin Islands - which are part of the National Park Service's Gulf Islands National Seashore
Gulf Islands National Seashore

Gulf Islands National Seashore offers recreation opportunities and preserves natural and historic resources along the Gulf of Mexico barrier islands of Florida and Mississippi....
. Those islands separate the sound from the Gulf of Mexico
Gulf of Mexico

The Gulf of Mexico is the ninth largest body of water in the world. Considered a smaller part of the Atlantic Ocean, it is an oceanic basin largely surrounded by the North American continent and the island of Cuba....
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Large portions of the Mississippi Sound reach depths of about 6 meters (20 ft). Part of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway
Gulf Intracoastal Waterway

The Gulf Intracoastal Waterway is the portion of the Intracoastal Waterway located along the Gulf Coast of the United States of the United States....
 traverses the sound with a project depth of 3.6 meters (12 ft). The waterway, maintained by the US Army Corps of Engineers
United States Army Corps of Engineers

The United States Army Corps of Engineers is a federal agency and a major Army command made up of some 34,600 civilian and 650 military personnel, making it the world's largest public services engineering, design and construction management agency....
, is designed for towboat
Towboat

A towboat is a boat designed for pushing barges. Towboats are characterized by a square bow with steel knees for pushing and powerful engines....
 and barge
Barge

A barge is a flat-bottomed boat, built mainly for river and canal transport of heavy goods. Most barges are not self-propelled and need to be towed by tugboats or pushed by towboats....
 traffic. Most of its route through the sound is merely an imaginary line through water whose depth exceeds the project depth. A section west of Cat Island and the portion north of Dauphin Island rely on dredged channels marked by aids to navigation maintained by the US Coast Guard
United States Coast Guard

The United States Coast Guard is a branch of the Military of the United States and one of seven Uniformed services of the United States. In addition to being a military branch at all times, it is unique among the armed forces in that it is also a Admiralty law agency and a Federal government of the United States regulatory agency....
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Deepwater ports along the sound include Gulfport
Gulfport, Mississippi

Gulfport is the second largest city in Mississippi after the state capital Jackson, Mississippi. It is the larger of two principal cities of the Gulfport-Biloxi, Mississippi Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is included in the Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula, Mississippi Combined Statistical Area....
 and Pascagoula
Pascagoula, Mississippi

Pascagoula is a city in Jackson County, Mississippi, Mississippi, United States. It is the principal city of the Pascagoula, Mississippi Pascagoula metropolitan area, as a part of the Gulfport, Mississippi–Biloxi, Mississippi–Pascagoula, Mississippi Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula combined statistical area....
. Dredged ship channels running basically north-south connect those ports to the Gulf of Mexico, running between pairs of the barrier islands.

The Pascagoula River
Pascagoula River

The Pascagoula River is a river, about 80 mi long, in southeastern Mississippi in the United States. The river drains an area of about 8,800 sq mi and flows into Mississippi Sound of the Gulf of Mexico....
 flows into the sound.

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