Cape Hatteras

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cape geographical feature headland

Cape Hatteras is a prominent cape on North Carolina’s Outer Banks, known for its shifting sands, treacherous offshore shoals called the “Graveyard of the Atlantic,” and its historic black-and-white spiral lighthouse.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cape ⓘ
geographical feature ⓘ
headland ⓘ
climate humid subtropical climate ⓘ
coastType barrier island coast ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
hasEcosystem coastal marine ecosystem ⓘ
dune ecosystem ⓘ
salt marshes ⓘ
hasFeature beaches ⓘ
dunes ⓘ
dynamic shoreline ⓘ
offshore shoals ⓘ
sandbars ⓘ
hasHistoricStructure Cape Hatteras Lighthouse NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasLighthouse Cape Hatteras Lighthouse NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasNearbySettlement Avon, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ
Buxton, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hatteras, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasOffshoreFeature Diamond Shoals NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasReputation shipwreck-prone waters ⓘ
isLandmarkOf Outer Banks NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor Cape Hatteras Lighthouse NERFINISHED ⓘ
Graveyard of the Atlantic NERFINISHED ⓘ
shifting sands ⓘ
treacherous offshore shoals ⓘ
locatedAtConfluenceOf Gulf Stream and Labrador Current NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn Dare County NERFINISHED ⓘ
North Carolina ⓘ
Outer Banks NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOn Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
managedBy National Park Service ⓘ
surface form: U.S. National Park Service
navigationHazard Diamond Shoals NERFINISHED ⓘ
nickname Graveyard of the Atlantic NERFINISHED ⓘ
oceanCurrent Gulf Stream NERFINISHED ⓘ
Labrador Current NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Cape Hatteras National Seashore NERFINISHED ⓘ
Graveyard of the Atlantic region NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hatteras Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
region Mid-Atlantic coast of the United States ⓘ
subjectTo coastal erosion ⓘ
hurricanes ⓘ
storm surge flooding ⓘ
tourismType beach tourism ⓘ
birdwatching ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
surfing ⓘ

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Cape Hatteras National Seashore → hasPart → Cape Hatteras ⓘ
ambitious long poem The Bridge → containsSection → Cape Hatteras ⓘ
subject surface form: The Bridge
Atlantic coast of North Carolina → hasPart → Cape Hatteras ⓘ