Diamond Shoals
USA /
North Carolina /
Ocracoke /
World
/ USA
/ North Carolina
/ Ocracoke
World / United States / North Carolina
water, dangerous place / area, shoal, sandbar
Formed by the collision of the Gulf Stream and the Labrador Current, Diamond Shoals is a complex of constantly shifting shallow sandbars and sand flats that extend up to 14 miles from Cape Hatteras.
Known as "The Graveyard of the Atlantic", the shoals are the site of countless shipwrecks.
Known as "The Graveyard of the Atlantic", the shoals are the site of countless shipwrecks.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graveyard_of_the_Atlantic
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 35°11'47"N 75°24'3"W
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- Frying Pan Shoals 280 km
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- Georges Bank 982 km
- Cat Cay Shoal 1137 km
- German Bank 1167 km
- Baccaro Bank 1246 km
- La Have Bank 1333 km
- Caicos Bank 1520 km
- Ambergris Shoal 1580 km
- Buxton, North Carolina 15 km
- Hatteras Island 18 km
- Frisco, North Carolina 20 km
- Hatteras Township 22 km
- Hatteras, North Carolina 28 km
- Kinnakeet Township 37 km
- Cape Hatteras National Seashore 42 km
- Ocracoke Island, North Carolina 45 km
- Dare County, North Carolina 65 km
- Hyde County, North Carolina 75 km