![[color photograph of mallards]](/msa/mdmanual/01glance/images/i004463a.jpg)
LENGTH & BREADTH (in miles)Longest north-south: 125.5 miles-Pennsylvania line to Virginia line at Smith Point on south shore mouth of Potomac River.
Shortest north-south: 1.9 miles-Pennsylvania line to south bank of Potomac River near Hancock.
Farthest points: northwest corner to southeast corner at Atlantic Ocean, 254.7 miles.
Mallards, Annapolis, Maryland, May 2000. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.
AREA | |
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| Land | 9,843.62 sq. miles |
| Inland Water | 623.35 sq. miles |
| Chesapeake Bay | 1,726.0 sq. miles |
| Total | 12,192.97 sq. miles |
(in square miles) |
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| Land Area | Water Area | Total Area | |
| Allegany | 427.62 | 0.38 | 428.00 |
| Anne Arundel | 418.37 | 35.24 | 453.61 |
| Baltimore City | 80.34 | 11.67 | 92.01 |
| Baltimore | 597.60 | 34.99 | 632.59 |
| Calvert | 213.23 | 27.09 | 240.32 |
| Caroline | 320.79 | 3.60 | 324.39 |
| Carroll | 451.98 | 0.47 | 452.45 |
| Cecil | 359.55 | 21.20 | 380.75 |
| Charles | 451.58 | 35.20 | 486.78 |
| Dorchester | 593.22 | 67.75 | 660.97 |
| Frederick | 662.72 | 4.60 | 667.32 |
| Garrett | 656.83 | 7.58 | 664.41 |
| Harford | 447.64 | 16.50 | 464.14 |
| Howard | 251.00 | 2.51 | 253.51 |
| Kent | 278.34 | 25.30 | 303.64 |
| Montgomery | 495.44 | 10.14 | 505.58 |
| Prince George's | 487.01 | 12.20 | 499.21 |
| Queen Anne's | 371.86 | 29.20 | 401.06 |
| St. Mary's | 372.54 | 37.68 | 410.22 |
| Somerset | 338.41 | 35.85 | 374.26 |
| Talbot | 258.62 | 67.70 | 326.32 |
| Washington | 454.97 | 12.10 | 467.07 |
| Wicomico | 379.10 | 14.40 | 393.50 |
| Worcester | 474.86 | 110.00 | 584.86 |
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