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Alligator Lake, also called New Lake, [3] is a natural freshwater lake in Hyde County, North Carolina. [4] It has a diameter of approximately 3.5 miles (5.5 kilometers), [ 2 ] and its 6,000 acre area makes it one of the five largest natural freshwater lakes in North Carolina. [ 5 ]
Alligator River is a small river in eastern North Carolina, separating Dare County and Tyrrell County. It empties into Albemarle Sound. A 21-mile canal connects the Alligator River with Pungo River to its west. The Lindsey C. Warren Bridge of U.S. Route 64 crosses the river.
The Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge is a 152,000-acre (620 km 2) National Wildlife Refuge located in eastern North Carolina along the Atlantic Coast. It was established on March 14, 1984, to preserve and protect a unique wetland habitat type—the pocosin —and its associated wildlife species.
Alligators are common in North Carolina. American alligators occur naturally in North Carolina, according to North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission, and can be found inhabiting bay lakes ...
Lake Phelps is North Carolina's second largest natural lake. It has a surface area of 16,600 acres (67 km 2), [2] and is located primarily in Washington County on the Albemarle-Pamlico Peninsula between the Albemarle Sound and the Pamlico Sound. The easternmost part of the lake extends into Tyrrell County.
The largest and most alligator-infested lake in the state has more than 9,000 ... There are also nearly 1 million alligators on farms in Louisiana." ... 2,000 to 3,000 alligators. North Carolina ...
Lake Waccamaw is a fresh water lake located in Columbus County in North Carolina.It is the largest of the natural Carolina Bay lakes. [2] Although bay trees (Magnolia virginiana L., Gordonia lasianthus Ellis, and Persea) are present within many Carolina Bays, [3] the term "bay" does not refer to the trees but comes instead from an early science publication by Glenn (1895), who used the word ...
The alligators can stay frozen in place for days at a time, the park found. Temperatures fell to 17 degrees in Ocean Isle Beach on the day the video was recorded, the park reported.