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Crystal Coast

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In North Carolina, the Crystal Coast is an 85-mile stretch of coastline that extends from the Cape Lookout National Seashore, which includes 56 miles of protected beaches, southwestward to the New River. [1]

63 relations: American Civil War, Atlantic Beach, North Carolina, Atlantic bluefin tuna, Atlantic, North Carolina, Banker horse, Beach, Beaufort, North Carolina, Blackbeard, Bogue Banks, Bogue, North Carolina, Broad Creek, North Carolina, Cape Carteret, North Carolina, Cape Lookout National Seashore, Carteret County, North Carolina, Cedar Point, North Carolina, Cobia, Community, Core Sound, Emerald Isle, North Carolina, Feral horse, Fort Macon State Park, Gulf Stream, Hammocks Beach State Park, Harbor, Harkers Island, North Carolina, Indian Beach, North Carolina, Indian Ocean, Inner Banks, Intracoastal Waterway, Island, Mahi-mahi, Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, Military base, Morehead City, North Carolina, New River (North Carolina), Newport, North Carolina, North Carolina, North Carolina Highway 101, North Carolina Highway 24, North Carolina Highway 58, Ocracoke, North Carolina, Onslow County, North Carolina, Outer Banks, Park, Peletier, North Carolina, Pine Knoll Shores, North Carolina, Portsmouth, North Carolina, Pterois, Queen Anne's Revenge, Raleigh, North Carolina, ..., Red drum, Red Sea, Sailfish, Salter Path, North Carolina, Scuba diving, Sea Level, North Carolina, Shackleford Banks, Swansboro, North Carolina, Topsail Island, U.S. Route 70 in North Carolina, Underwater photography, Wahoo, World War II. Expand index (13 more) »

American Civil War

The American Civil War (also known by other names) was a war fought in the United States from 1861 to 1865.

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Atlantic Beach, North Carolina

Atlantic Beach is a town in Carteret County, North Carolina, United States.

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Atlantic bluefin tuna

The Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) is a species of tuna in the family Scombridae.

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Atlantic, North Carolina

Atlantic is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in eastern Carteret County, North Carolina, United States.

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Banker horse

The Banker horse is a breed of feral horse (Equus ferus caballus) living on barrier islands in North Carolina's Outer Banks.

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Beach

A beach is a landform alongside a body of water which consists of loose particles.

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Beaufort, North Carolina

Beaufort is a town in and the county seat of Carteret County, North Carolina, United States.

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Blackbeard

Edward Teach or Edward Thatch (– 22 November 1718), better known as Blackbeard, was an English pirate who operated around the West Indies and the eastern coast of Britain's North American colonies.

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Bogue Banks

Bogue Banks form a barrier island off the mainland of North Carolina in Carteret County.

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Bogue, North Carolina

Bogue is a town in Carteret County, North Carolina, United States.

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Broad Creek, North Carolina

Broad Creek is an unincorporated area and census-designated place (CDP) in Carteret County, North Carolina, United States.

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Cape Carteret, North Carolina

Cape Carteret is a town in Carteret County, on the southern coast of North Carolina in the United States.

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Cape Lookout National Seashore

Cape Lookout National Seashore preserves a 56-mile (90-km) long section of the Southern Outer Banks, or Crystal Coast, of North Carolina, USA, running from Ocracoke Inlet on the northeast to Beaufort Inlet on the southeast.

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Carteret County, North Carolina

Carteret County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina.

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Cedar Point, North Carolina

Cedar Point is a town in Carteret County, North Carolina, United States.

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Cobia

The cobia (Rachycentron canadum) is a species of perciform marine fish, the only representative of the genus Rachycentron and the family Rachycentridae.

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Community

A community is a small or large social unit (a group of living things) that has something in common, such as norms, religion, values, or identity.

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Core Sound

The Core Sound is a large and shallow body of water in eastern North Carolina located between the mainland of Carteret County and Core Banks, part of the Outer Banks of North Carolina, located west of the Atlantic Ocean and west of Bogue Sound.

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Emerald Isle, North Carolina

Emerald Isle is a town in Carteret County, North Carolina, United States.

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Feral horse

A feral horse is a free-roaming horse of domesticated ancestry.

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Fort Macon State Park

Fort Macon State Park is a North Carolina state park in Carteret County, North Carolina, in the United States.

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Gulf Stream

The Gulf Stream, together with its northern extension the North Atlantic Drift, is a warm and swift Atlantic ocean current that originates in the Gulf of Mexico and stretches to the tip of Florida, and follows the eastern coastlines of the United States and Newfoundland before crossing the Atlantic Ocean.

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Hammocks Beach State Park

Hammocks Beach State Park is a North Carolina state park in Onslow County, North Carolina in the United States.

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Harbor

A harbor or harbour (see spelling differences; synonyms: wharves, haven) is a sheltered body of water where ships, boats, and barges can be docked.

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Harkers Island, North Carolina

Harkers Island is a census-designated place (CDP) in Carteret County, North Carolina, United States.

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Indian Beach, North Carolina

Indian Beach is a town in Carteret County, North Carolina, United States.

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Indian Ocean

The Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world's oceanic divisions, covering (approximately 20% of the water on the Earth's surface).

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Inner Banks

The Inner Banks is a neologism made up by developers and tourism promoters to describe the inland coastal region of eastern North Carolina.

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Intracoastal Waterway

The Intracoastal Waterway (ICW) is a inland waterway along the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coasts of the United States, running from Boston, Massachusetts, southward along the Atlantic Seaboard and around the southern tip of Florida, then following the Gulf Coast to Brownsville, Texas.

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Island

An island or isle is any piece of sub-continental land that is surrounded by water.

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Mahi-mahi

The mahi-mahi or common dolphinfish (Coryphaena hippurus) is a surface-dwelling ray-finned fish found in off-shore temperate, tropical, and subtropical waters worldwide.

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Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune

Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune "One of the Marine Corps' biggest bases is Camp Lejeune (luh-JUNE) in Jacksonville, North Carolina.

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Military base

A military base is a facility directly owned and operated by or for the military or one of its branches that shelters military equipment and personnel, and facilitates training and operations.

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Morehead City, North Carolina

Morehead City is a port town in Carteret County, North Carolina, United States.

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New River (North Carolina)

The New River is a 50-mile (80-km) long river in southeastern North Carolina in the United States.

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Newport, North Carolina

Newport is a town in Carteret County, North Carolina, United States.

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North Carolina

North Carolina is a U.S. state in the southeastern region of the United States.

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North Carolina Highway 101

North Carolina Highway 101 (NC 101) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of North Carolina that serves as a shortcut for U.S. Route 70 (US 70).

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North Carolina Highway 24

North Carolina Highway 24 (NC 24) is the longest primary state highway in the U.S. state of North Carolina.

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North Carolina Highway 58

North Carolina Highway 58 (NC 58) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of North Carolina that traverses the state's Coastal Plain.

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Ocracoke, North Carolina

Ocracoke, from the North Carolina Collection website at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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Onslow County, North Carolina

Onslow County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina.

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Outer Banks

The Outer Banks (OBX) is a string of barrier islands and spits off the coast of North Carolina and southeastern Virginia, on the east coast of the United States.

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Park

A park is an area of natural, semi-natural or planted space set aside for human enjoyment and recreation or for the protection of wildlife or natural habitats.

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Peletier, North Carolina

Peletier is a town in Carteret County, North Carolina, United States.

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Pine Knoll Shores, North Carolina

Pine Knoll Shores is a town in Carteret County, North Carolina, United States.

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Portsmouth, North Carolina

Portsmouth was a fishing and shipping village located on Portsmouth Island on the Outer Banks in North Carolina.

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Pterois

Pterois is a genus of venomous marine fish, commonly known as lionfish, native to the Indo-Pacific.

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Queen Anne's Revenge

Queen Anne's Revenge was an early-18th-century frigate, most famously used as a flagship by the pirate Blackbeard (Edward Teach).

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Raleigh, North Carolina

Raleigh is the capital of the state of North Carolina and the seat of Wake County in the United States.

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Red drum

The red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus), also known as channel bass, redfish, puppy drum spottail bass, or simply red, is a game fish found in the Atlantic Ocean from Massachusetts to Florida and in the Gulf of Mexico from Florida to northern Mexico.

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Red Sea

The Red Sea (also the Erythraean Sea) is a seawater inlet of the Indian Ocean, lying between Africa and Asia.

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Sailfish

A sailfish is a fish of the genus Istiophorus of billfish living in colder areas of all the seas of the earth.

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Salter Path, North Carolina

Salter Path is an unincorporated community in Carteret County, North Carolina, United States.

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Scuba diving

Scuba diving is a mode of underwater diving where the diver uses a self-contained underwater breathing apparatus (scuba) which is completely independent of surface supply, to breathe underwater.

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Sea Level, North Carolina

Sea Level is an unincorporated community in northeastern Carteret County, North Carolina.

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Shackleford Banks

Shackleford Banks is a barrier island system on the coast of Carteret County, North Carolina.

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Swansboro, North Carolina

Swansboro is a town in Onslow County, North Carolina, United States, located along the Atlantic Ocean.

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Topsail Island

Topsail Island (TOP-sill) is a 26-mile (41.8 km) long barrier island off the coast of North Carolina, roughly equidistant between the barrier islands of the Crystal Coast and the beaches of the Cape Fear region, lying south of Jacksonville, North Carolina and Camp Lejeune.

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U.S. Route 70 in North Carolina

U.S. Route 70 (US 70) is a part of the United States Numbered Highway System that runs from Globe, Arizona, to the Crystal Coast of the US state of North Carolina.

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Underwater photography

Underwater photography is the process of taking photographs while under water.

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Wahoo

Wahoo (Acanthocybium solandri) is a scombrid fish found worldwide in tropical and subtropical seas.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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SOBX, Southern Outer Banks.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal_Coast

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