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According to the Trewartha climate classification system, Cape Lookout National Seashore, North Carolina has a humid subtropical climate with hot and humid summers, cool winters and year-around precipitation (Cfak). Cfak climates are characterized by all months having an average mean temperature > 32.0 °F (> 0.0 °C), at least eight months ...
Cape Lookout is the southern point of the Core Banks, one of the natural barrier islands on the Atlantic coast of North Carolina. It delimits Onslow Bay to the west from Raleigh Bay to the east. Core Banks and Shackleford Banks have been designated as parts of the Cape Lookout National Seashore .
Tide tables, sometimes called tide charts, are used for tidal prediction and show the daily times and levels of high and low tides, usually for a particular location. [1] Tide heights at intermediate times (between high and low water) can be approximated by using the rule of twelfths or more accurately calculated by using a published tidal ...
There are no roads on the islands: vehicles use the beach and four wheel drive tracks. Passenger ferries also take tourists from Harkers Island to the Cape Lookout area at the south end of South Core Banks. [1] Portsmouth Island, on which Portsmouth Village stands, is a tidal island accessible from North Core Banks at most states of the tide.
Ocracoke Inlet (/ ˈ oʊ k r ʌ k oʊ k /) [1] is an estuary located in the Outer Banks of North Carolina, United States that separates Ocracoke Island and Portsmouth Island. It connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Pamlico Sound. It is the southern terminus of the Cape Hatteras National Seashore, and the northern terminus of the Cape Lookout ...
Shackleford Banks is a barrier island [1] system on the coast of Carteret County, North Carolina.It contains a herd of feral horses, scallop, crabs and various sea animals, including summer nesting by loggerhead turtles. [2]
The shoals have been patrolled by a lightboat since 1854 by the United States Coast Guard. [3] In 1966, the light tower was built, and was staffed year-round by a four-person crew until the operation of the light was automated in 1979. [4]
Short title: CALOmap1.pdf: Image title: Cape Lookout National Seashore: Author: National Park Service, Harpers Ferry Center, publications: Keywords: Cape; Lookout