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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The storm’s center was about 215 miles southeast of Cape Hatteras as of 11 p.m.
From The Wall Street Journal • Aug. 20, 2025
The waters off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, a focal point for convoy navigation, was a graveyard for so many ships it became known as “torpedo junction.”
From Salon • Sep. 21, 2024
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
Cape Hatteras National Seashore said more than 100 cold-stunned sea turtles were also found in recent days along the shoreline between Bodie Island and Ocracoke.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 25, 2024
Six hundred miles from Hook Mountain, she came down on a utility pole on Cape Hatteras.
From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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