North America · Illustrated record
Cape Hatteras Beaches
Buxton · United States
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The beaches at Cape Hatteras sit at the elbow of North Carolina's Outer Banks, thin barrier islands standing far out in the Atlantic where the Gulf Stream passes close offshore. Wave energy focused by Diamond Shoals gives the East Coast some of its most consistent surf, while the same waters earned the name Graveyard of the Atlantic for centuries of wrecks. The spiral-striped Hatteras lighthouse, moved inland in 1999 to escape erosion, watches over the national seashore.
- Country
- United States (US)
- Region
- North America
- Sand
- Golden
- Water
- Warm, current-swept atlantic surf
- Administrative area
- Buxton
- Timezone
- Not available from source
- Source family
- Beach Atlas editorial record
- Source updated
- Snapshot date only
Names in the record
Cape Hatteras Beaches
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- Facilities and lifeguards
- Seasonality and crowd pattern
- Current hazards and restrictions
- Live weather, tide and water-quality feeds
Source position
35.22300, -75.53500
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