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Coquina Beach is a beach in North Carolina, US, located in the Cape Hatteras National Seashore. It is located not far from the Wright Brothers National Memorial and is off highway 12 at milepost 22, 8 miles (13 km) south of Nags Head, North Carolina. Local activities include swimming, crabbing, surf fishing, surfing, shell collecting, bird and ...
Scenic. ← NC 11. → US 13. 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 ...
Cape Hatteras / ˈhætərəs / is a cape located at a pronounced bend in Hatteras Island, one of the barrier islands of North Carolina . As a temperate barrier island, the landscape has been shaped by wind, waves, and storms. There are long stretches of beach, sand dunes, marshes, and maritime forests in the area. A large area of the Outer ...
Cape Hatteras National Seashore. / 35.30361°N 75.51139°W / 35.30361; -75.51139. Cape Hatteras National Seashore is a United States national seashore which preserves the portion of the Outer Banks of North Carolina from Bodie Island to Ocracoke Island, stretching over 70 miles (110 km), and is managed by the National Park Service.
Avon, North Carolina. / 35.35194°N 75.51083°W / 35.35194; -75.51083. Avon is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Dare County in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2010 census, it had a permanent population of 776. [2]
73001333 (original) 99000911 [ 1] (increase) Significant dates. Added to NRHP. October 15, 1973. Designated HD. January 12, 2000. The Currituck Beach Light ( / ˈkʊrɪtʌk /) [ 2] is a lighthouse located on the Outer Banks in Corolla, North Carolina. The Currituck Beach Light was added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 15 ...
Corolla, North Carolina. Corolla ( / kəˈrɑːlə / kuh-RAHL-uh) [ 1] is an unincorporated community located in Poplar Branch township, Currituck County, North Carolina, United States, along the northern Outer Banks. It has a permanent population of approximately 500 people; during the summer vacation season, the population surges into the ...
The Outer Banks (frequently abbreviated OBX) are a 200 mi (320 km) string of barrier islands and spits off the coast of North Carolina and southeastern Virginia, on the east coast of the United States. They line most of the North Carolina coastline, separating Currituck Sound, Albemarle Sound, and Pamlico Sound from the Atlantic Ocean.