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Naval Weapons Station Yorktown is a United States Navy base in York County, James City County, and Newport News in the Hampton Roads region of Virginia. It provides a weapons and ammunition storage and loading facility for ships of the US Atlantic Fleet. ==Location== The Naval Weapons Station (NWS) Complex (including Cheatham Annex) is 20.7 square miles (54 km2) in size, roughly 1/5 of the total land area of York County, in which most of it lies; a small portion is within James City County. The station is bounded on the northwest by the Naval Supply Center Cheatham Annex, the Virginia Emergency Fuel Farm, and land owned by the Department of the Interior; on the northeast by almost of the York River and the Colonial National Historical Park; on the southwest by Route 143 and I-64; and on the southeast by Route 238 and the community of Lackey.〔(THE ATSDR PUBLIC HEALTH ASSESSMENT )〕〔http://archive.orr.noaa.gov/book_shelf/427_Yorktown.pdf NOAA map〕 The station borders the cities of Newport News and Williamsburg. It shares almost of the York River shoreline (about half of York County's York River shoreline and wetlands) with the National Park Service. The large Camp Peary, which also has much York River frontage on the northern side of the Virginia Peninsula, is adjacent to the Naval Station. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Naval Weapons Station Yorktown」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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