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Ambrose Channel

American  

noun

  1. a ship channel at the entrance to New York harbor, near Sandy Hook. 7½ miles (12 km) long.


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The Ambrose Lightship and Ambrose Channel are named for him.

From New York Times • Mar. 17, 2014

The view of the city rising to scratch the sky is incredible when sighted from Ambrose Channel at dawn, and the views only improve as you motor north on a slow bell through the Narrows.

From New York Times • May 19, 2011

From Cherbourg breakwater to Ambrose Channel Lightship, 3,078 miles, she traveled in 5 days, 7 hours, 20 minutes.

From Time Magazine Archive

A ship equipped with an echo-sounder could pick up the gorge 130 miles out, follow it all the way in to Ambrose Channel.

From Time Magazine Archive

Next morning, before reveille, the Justicia slipped quietly down New York Bay, thru Ambrose Channel, and into the Atlantic.

From Company B, 307th Infantry Its history, honor roll, company roster, Sept., 1917, May, 1919 by Klausner, Julius