Editing Hampton Bays, New York (section)

== Geography ==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau|U.S. Census Bureau]], the CDP has a total area of {{convert|47.0|km2|disp=flip}}, of which {{convert|33.5|km2|disp=flip}} is land and {{convert|13.4|km2|disp=flip}}, or 28.54%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010" /><ref name="GR1">{{cite web|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|access-date=April 23, 2011|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> The hamlet is surrounded by three bays, the [[Peconic Bay]] to the north, and Shinnecock and Tiana bays to the south.  The two southern bays are a part of a greater bay system, called the [[Great South Bay]] system, which stretches from approximately [[Southampton (village), New York|Southampton Village]] to [[Jamaica Bay]] in [[New York City]]. The [[Shinnecock Canal]], a man-made canal located in the eastern part of the hamlet, connects the Great Peconic Bay with the Shinnecock Bay. [[Shinnecock Inlet]], which leads from the Shinnecock Bay to the [[Atlantic Ocean]], is the easternmost inlet, making it very popular for commercial fishing.  The inlet itself, which separates the barrier beaches of Hampton Bays from those of neighboring Southampton, was created in the [[1938 New England hurricane]] when the forces of the hurricane washed over that area of barrier beach, connecting the waters of the Atlantic with the bay.

The Hampton Bays CDP is bounded by the [[Atlantic Ocean]] to the south; by the Shinnecock Inlet and the eastern portion of [[Shinnecock Bay]] to the east, beyond which lie the village of [[Southampton, New York|Southampton]] and the CDP of [[Shinnecock Hills, New York|Shinnecock Hills]]; by [[Peconic Bay]] to the north, beyond which lie the towns of [[Southold, New York|Southold]] and [[Riverhead (town), New York|Riverhead]]; and by the CDPs of [[Flanders, New York|Flanders]] and [[East Quogue, New York|East Quogue]] (still within the town of Southampton) to the west.

Hampton Bays is located approximately {{convert|81|mi|km}} east of [[Manhattan]].