Southwest Pass (Mississippi River)
Southwest Pass is one of the channels at the mouth of the Mississippi River.[1] It empties into the Gulf of Mexico at the southwesternmost tip of the Mississippi River Delta. It lies in Plaquemines Parish in southeastern Louisiana in the United States.[2] It has been the main shipping channel in the Mississippi River Delta since 1853.
Southwest Pass should not confused with a strait in Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, also known as Southwest Pass.
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- Webster's New Geographical Dictionary. Springfield, Massachusetts: Merriam-Webster, Inc., 1984. ISBN 0-87779-446-4.
Coordinates: 29°00′51″N 89°20′39″W / 29.01417°N 89.34417°W
Categories:
- Landforms of Louisiana
- Landforms of Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana
- Channels of the United States
- Shipping channels
- Louisiana geography stubs