Atlantic coast of North Carolina

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coastal region geographical region

The Atlantic coast of North Carolina is a long stretch of barrier islands and mainland shoreline along the Atlantic Ocean, known for its beaches, maritime forests, and historically treacherous waters nicknamed the “Graveyard of the Atlantic.”

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Atlantic coast of North Carolina canonical 3
North Carolina coastline 3
North Carolina coast 2

Statements (85)

Predicate Object
instanceOf coastal region ⓘ
geographical region ⓘ
borders Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
climate humid subtropical climate ⓘ
containsProtectedArea National seashore ⓘ
state parks ⓘ
wildlife refuges ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
hasLandform barrier island chain ⓘ
dune systems ⓘ
estuaries ⓘ
salt marshes ⓘ
sounds ⓘ
hasLandmark Bald Head Island Lighthouse ⓘ
Bodie Island Lighthouse ⓘ
Cape Hatteras Lighthouse ⓘ
Cape Lookout Lighthouse ⓘ
Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum ⓘ
Oak Island Lighthouse ⓘ
Ocracoke Lighthouse ⓘ
hasPart Albemarle Sound ⓘ
Atlantic Beach ONNED1 ⓘ
Bald Head Island ⓘ
Bogue Banks ⓘ
Bogue Sound ⓘ
Brunswick Islands ⓘ
Cape Fear ⓘ
Cape Fear River estuary ⓘ
Cape Hatteras ⓘ
Cape Hatteras National Seashore ⓘ
Cape Lookout ⓘ
Cape Lookout National Seashore ⓘ
Carolina Beach, North Carolina ⓘ
surface form: Carolina Beach

Carolina Beach State Park ⓘ
North Core Banks ⓘ
surface form: Core Banks

Crystal Coast ⓘ
Currituck Banks ⓘ
Currituck Sound ⓘ
Duck, North Carolina ⓘ
Emerald Isle ⓘ
Fort Macon ⓘ
surface form: Fort Macon State Park

Hammocks Beach State Park ⓘ
Hatteras Island ⓘ
Holden Beach NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jockeys Ridge State Park ONNED1 ⓘ
Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina ⓘ
surface form: Kill Devil Hills

Kitty Hawk ⓘ
Kure Beach, North Carolina ⓘ
surface form: Kure Beach

Nags Head, North Carolina ⓘ
surface form: Nags Head

New River Inlet ⓘ
Oak Island ⓘ
Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina ⓘ
surface form: Ocean Isle Beach

Ocracoke Island ⓘ
Outer Banks ⓘ
Pamlico Sound ⓘ
Roanoke Island, North Carolina, United States ⓘ
surface form: Roanoke Island

Shackleford Banks ⓘ
Sunset Beach, North Carolina ⓘ
Town of Surf City, North Carolina ⓘ
surface form: Surf City, North Carolina

Topsail Island ⓘ
Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina ⓘ
surface form: Wrightsville Beach
historicallyKnownFor piracy in the colonial era ⓘ
treacherous navigation ⓘ
knownFor barrier islands ⓘ
coastal tourism ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
hurricane landfalls ⓘ
lighthouses ⓘ
maritime forests ⓘ
sandy beaches ⓘ
shifting shoals ⓘ
shipwrecks ⓘ
locatedIn North Carolina ⓘ
majorEconomicActivity commercial fishing ⓘ
recreational fishing ⓘ
shipping ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
nicknamed Graveyard of the Atlantic ⓘ
oceanCurrentInfluence Gulf Stream ⓘ
Labrador Current ⓘ
partOf East Coast of the United States ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Seaboard of the United States

Southeastern United States coastline ⓘ
surface form: Southeastern United States coast
risk coastal erosion ⓘ
sea level rise ⓘ
storm surge ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Camp Johnson → locatedNear → Atlantic coast of North Carolina ⓘ
Outer Banks → partOf → Atlantic coast of North Carolina ⓘ
this entity surface form: North Carolina coastline
Blackbeard → operatedIn → Atlantic coast of North Carolina ⓘ
this entity surface form: North Carolina coast
Blackbeard → deathPlace → Atlantic coast of North Carolina ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ocracoke Inlet, Province of North Carolina
Beaufort, North Carolina, United States → locatedOn → Atlantic coast of North Carolina ⓘ
this entity surface form: North Carolina coast
Battle of Kitty Hawk → locationNear → Atlantic coast of North Carolina ⓘ
Atlantic, North Carolina → locatedOn → Atlantic coast of North Carolina ⓘ
Cape Fear → isSouthernmostPointOf → Atlantic coast of North Carolina ⓘ
this entity surface form: North Carolina coastline
Southeastern United States coastline → hasPart → Atlantic coast of North Carolina ⓘ
this entity surface form: North Carolina coastline