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
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
The 17-year-old male died Saturday afternoon in the small resort town of Frisco, which sits along the Cape Hatteras National Seashore on the Outer Banks, the National Park Service said in a statement.
From Seattle Times • May 8, 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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