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    Wilcox Group

    The Wilcox Group is an important geologic group in the Gulf of Mexico basin and surrounding onshore areas from Mexico and Texas to Louisiana and Alabama.

    Overview

    The Wilcox Group is an important geologic group in the Gulf of Mexico basin and surrounding onshore areas from Mexico and Texas to Louisiana and Alabama. The group ranges in age from Paleocene to Eocene and is in Texas subdivided into the Calvert Bluff, Simsboro and Hooper Formations, and in Alabama into the Nanafalia and Hatchetigbee Formations. Other subdivisions are the Lower, Middle and Upper Wilcox Subgroups, and the Carrizo and Indio Formations.

    From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

    Census, cataloged

    Also in the area

    171

    Inside the group's outline but not confirmed as members by any source.

    • Gurd Island180 m · 14 km²
    • Robert Island45 m · 0.11 km²
    • Wilcox Group36 m · 0.1 km²
    • Unnamed island38 m · 0.09 km²
    • Unnamed island41 m · 0.05 km²
    • Unnamed island40 m · 0.05 km²
    • Unnamed island40 m · 0.05 km²
    • Unnamed island36 m · 0.05 km²
    • Unnamed island38 m · 0.04 km²
    • Unnamed island26 m · 0.03 km²
    • Unnamed island31 m · 0.03 km²
    • Unnamed island31 m · 0.02 km²

    Figures

    Comparative heights

    Sea level50 m100 m150 m200 m180 mGurd45 mRobert36 mWilcox Group23 mClamshell
    High points by island, metres above sea level.

    Islands by area

    0.00010.0010.010.1110100Gurd: 14 km²GurdRobert: 0.11 km²RobertWilcox Group: 0.1 km²Wilcox GroupUnnamed island: 0.09 km²Unnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.05 km²Unnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.05 km²Unnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.05 km²Unnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.05 km²Unnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.04 km²Unnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.03 km²Unnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.03 km²Unnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.02 km²Unnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.02 km²Unnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.01 km²Unnamed islandClamshell: 0.01 km²ClamshellUnnamed island: 0.01 km²Unnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.01 km²Unnamed islandUnnamed island: 1 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.9 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.9 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.8 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.7 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.7 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.7 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.7 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.7 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.6 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.6 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.5 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.5 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.5 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.5 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.5 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.5 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.5 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.4 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.4 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.4 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.4 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.4 haUnnamed island
    km², log scale
    Gurd Island14 km²
    Robert Island0.11 km²
    Wilcox Group0.1 km²
    Unnamed island0.09 km²
    Unnamed island0.05 km²
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    Unnamed island0.04 km²
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    Unnamed island0.02 km²
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    Clamshell Islet0.01 km²
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