Its namesake island is almost fifty miles long in coastline and contains the only original U.S. Weather Bureau station that was set up in 1901 to be preserved in its antiquated form.
The National Seashore with this name was the first one to be created and stretches southwards to the Ocracoke Inlet. Its namesake island is almost fifty miles long in coastline and contains the only original U.S. Weather Bureau station that was set up in 1901 to be preserved in its antiquated form. Radio pioneer Reginald Fessenden transmitted a 127-word voice message from the most notable feature of this name in 1902. That feature also names the tallest lighthouse in the U.S., a brick structure that was moved in 1999 due to a receding shoreline. To the east of that feature of this name lies the Diamond Shoals, a treacherous area for navigators found at the confluence of the (*) Labrador Current and the Gulf Stream. For 10 points, give this name of a point in the Outer Banks in North Carolina, a cape that protrudes to the southeast.
The National Seashore with this name was the first one to be created and stretches southwards to the Ocracoke Inlet.
Cape Hatteras