comÂ·penÂ·diÂ·ous. Use compendious in a sentence. containing all the essentials in a brief form; concise. comprehensive; inclusive.
The U.S. Naval Academy is located in Annapolis, Maryland, which is about 30 miles south of Baltimore, on the coast of the Chesapeake Bay and near the mouth of the Severn River â¦ .
It is part of the Hampton Roads metropolitan area. The Norfolk Naval Shipyard, often called the Norfolk Navy Yard, is a historic and active U.S. Navy facility that is actually located in Portsmouth rather than Norfolk; the original name Gosport was changed to Norfolk to reflect its location in Norfolk County, VA.irectly opposite Norfolk, the city of Portsmouth also has miles of waterfront land on the Elizabeth River as part of the harbor of Hampton Roads. There is a ferry boat that takes riders back and forth across the water between Downtown Norfolk and Olde Towne Portsmouth.