Cape Hatteras North CarolinaCape Hatteras North Carolina, it's the point that protrudes the farthest away towards southeast along the northeast-to-southwest line of the Atlantic coast of North America.
Two major Atlantic currents collide just off Cape Hatteras, the southerly-flowing cold water Labrador Current and the northerly-flowing warm water Florida Current (Gulf Stream), creating turbulent waters plus a sizable stretch of shallow sandbars extending up to 14 miles offshore.The cape is actually a bend in Hatteras Island, one of the long thin barrier islands that make up the Outer Banks, so many ships have been lost off Cape Hatteras that the area is known as the "Graveyard of the Atlantic". Cape Hatteras displays a humid subtropical climate, with mild winters, and very warm and humid summers. << from Cape Hatteras North Carolina back Home to Virginia Beach Vacations
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