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Terrain
The terrain in the vicinity of NAS Pensacola is
relatively flat, thus it generates few orographic
effects. Weather conditions are significantly
affected by bodies of water in the local area.
Pensacola Bay flanks the station from the northeast
through southwest. The Garcon Swamp wetlands cover
the southwest through northwest, and the Pensacola
metropolitan area lies along a line from northwest
through northeast.
The Gulf of Mexico lies 1.5 nm to the south beyond
two barrier islands: Santa Rosa Island to the
southeast and Perdido Key to the southwest. These
islands form a natural breakwater for Pensacola
Bay.
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