Cape Hatteras
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Called the “Graveyard of the Atlantic” because of the frequent storms that drive ships landward to their destruction.
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For instance, you can drive an off-road vehicle at Cape Hatteras National Seashore, but off-roading in Yosemite could land you in jail.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
Sharks swimming north after overwintering near Florida often stop to feed and rest near the Outer Banks and Cape Hatteras, said John Tyminski, a senior data scientist at OCEARCH, a nonprofit shark-tracking organization.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 20, 2026
While its habitat ranges from the Gulf of St. Lawrence in Canada to Cape Hatteras in North Carolina, the surfclam's primary population lives off the coast of New Jersey.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 19, 2024
The USS Monitor, which sank off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, in a storm on Dec. 31, 1862, is now a center for sea life.
From Salon ● Dec. 30, 2023
By the end of the day the hurricane was off Cape Hatteras, on its way north.
From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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