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Mantoloking is a Jersey Shore community situated on the Barnegat Peninsula, a long, narrow barrier peninsula that separates Barnegat Bay from the Atlantic Ocean.

The town is linked to the New Jersey-mainland via the Mantoloking Bridge, linking the town with Brick Township across the Barnegat Bay.

Mantoloking is home to the Olympic-champion producing Mantoloking Yacht Club.

Many houses in Mantoloking are of Shingle style architecture and seashore colonial designs with cedar shakes and white trim ; popular in places like Cape Cod, Nantucket, Martha's Vineyard and Newport.

In fact, a few old " summer cottages " in town were designed by world-renowned architect Stanford White of McKim, Mead and White fame.

Together with Bay Head to the north, Mantoloking is considered part of the Jersey Shore's " Gold Coast ".