Carolina bays are elliptical depressions concentrated along the
Atlantic seaboard within coastal
Delaware,
Maryland,
New Jersey,
North Carolina,
South Carolina,
Virginia,
Georgia, and northcentral
Florida (Prouty 1952, Kaczorowski 1977). In Maryland, they are called
Maryland Basins (Rasmussen and Slaughter 1955). Within the
Delmarva Peninsula, they and other coastal ponds are also called
Delmarva bays (Coleman nd).