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North Carolina Highway 12 (NC 12) is a 148.0-mile-long (238.2 km) primary state highway in the U.S. state of North Carolina, linking the peninsulas and islands of the northern Outer Banks. Most sections of NC 12 are two lanes wide, and there are also two North Carolina Ferry System routes which maintain continuity of the route as it traverses ...
The Coastal Plain is the largest geographic area of the state, and covers roughly 45% of North Carolina. The Coastal Plain begins along the fall line , a line that marks the boundary between metamorphic/igneous rocks of the Piedmont province (to the west) and sedimentary rocks of the Coastal Plain province (to the east).
A post office called Stumpy Point that had been in operation since 1876 closed in 2018 due to lack of PO box holders [2] The community takes its name from Stumpy Point Bay. [3] The North Carolina Ferry System maintains an emergency ferry terminal at Stumpy Point, used when a hurricane or tropical storm closes North Carolina Highway 12 on the ...
The mountainous western North Carolina city of Asheville is mentioned several times throughout the book. Kya’s dad, Pa, is from Asheville. His family owned a plantation there, but lost it during ...
It is located in Dare County in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 1,181. [3] Located at the widest part of Hatteras Island, it is the largest community on Hatteras Island both in terms of area and population, and is home to the island's schools and other major public buildings and offices.
Big Bay (Big Bay, Sumter County, South Carolina): [16] A core (drill hole D1/2) drilled within this Carolina bay went through the following units: (1) Drilling depth 0 to 4.5 m = eolian sand sheet that overlies the Carolina bay; (2) Drilling depth 4.5 to 9.0 m = silty sand and sandy mud with abundant organic material; and (3) Drilling depth 9.0 ...
The Rodanthe Bridge, commonly called the Jug Handle Bridge, [1] is a 2.4-mile-long (3.9 km) two-lane "jug handle" trestle bridge in Dare County, North Carolina.The bridge carries North Carolina Highway 12 from Rodanthe to the southern point of Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge by going west into the Pamlico Sound and then parallel an area of the Hatteras Island that is prone to coastal ...