Where Oil Has Made Landfall: a map with details about each area & what has been found there.

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Marsh Island
About 600 feet of emulsified oil was found on the island’s southern shoreline, prompting officials to close the area to recreational and commercial fishing.

Cat Island
After touring the island this week, Gov. Bobby Jindal of Louisiana said he saw oil covering a bird sanctuary that is home to the brown pelican, the state bird, which was only recently removed from the endangered species list. He said some birds had been covered in oil to the point they could not fly.

Fourchon Beach
Louisiana officials said they found many tar balls, some up to eight inches in diameter. Beaches remained closed as crews continued cleanup work.

Elmers Island
Officials have received reports of tar balls and emulsified oil along the entire four-mile stretch of the island, one of the few sandy beaches in the state that is accessible by road. One biologist documented more than a dozen tar balls on the island’s far west end.

Grand Isle
Oil, dead fish and birds have washed ashore in this tourist town, which supports a multibillion dollar fishing industry. Scientists patrolling the area said the entire length of the beach was covered in tar balls. Public beaches remain closed.

Pass a Loutre
and South Pass
Mr. Jindal and other officials who surveyed the damage said they saw several long fingers of heavy oil, each about a quarter-mile wide, in the state’s fragile wetlands. They said that oil had covered cane and other flora along the Pass a Loutre and the South Pass.

Chandeleur Islands
The area, already hit hard by Hurricane Katrina, was one of the first where oil made landfall. The islands have been of great concern because they are part of the Breton National Wildlife Refuge, home to innumerable birds and other wildlife.
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/05/27/us/20100527-oil-landfall.html

There is a map here that is interactive. You can click and see where the oil was as each day passes:
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/05/01/us/20100501-oil-spill-tracker.html?ref=us

FYI
*sigh*