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7 unusual facts about Hatteras


1863 Atlantic hurricane season

The US brig Bainbridge capsized in the storm off Hatteras early on August 21 with the loss of eighty lives.

1865 Atlantic hurricane season

A ship off the coast of Hatteras, North Carolina sustained damage from a storm on August 20.

1885 Atlantic hurricane season

It paralleled the coast of Florida and Georgia, remaining offshore until its South Carolina landfall on the 25th as a Category 2 hurricane.The hurricane passed across North Carolina just west of Wilmington and Hatteras.

Hatteras, North Carolina

The tear was subsequently repaired and restored by sand dredged by the Army Corps of Engineers.

Roanoke-Hatteras tribe

The Roanoke-Hatteras Indian Tribe are descendants of the historic Hatteras, Roanoke, and other Algonkian speaking Indians who occupied Hatteras and Roanoke Islands, the Outer Banks, and the mainland of Hyde and Dare Counties.

Swinhoe's Storm Petrel

Records of single birds off Hatteras, North Carolina, on August 20, 1993, on August 8, 1998, and June 2, 2008 have all been accepted as valid North American records.

Theatre of Dare

They attract patrons from neighboring areas, including Kitty Hawk, Nags Head, Manteo, Roanoke Island, Hatteras, and Currituck County.


Battle of Hatteras Inlet Batteries

Colonel William F. Martin of the 7th North Carolina Infantry, commanding at Forts Hatteras and Clark, knew that his 580 or so men would need help, so he called for reinforcements from Forts Ocracoke and Oregon.

CSS Alabama's Gulf of Mexico Expeditionary Raid

The CSS Alabama then made her way to Texas to help defend the state from invasion from Gen. Banks Expedition, and fought the USS Hatteras, before escaping to the South Atlantic.

Effects of Hurricane Isabel in North Carolina

The United States Geological Survey used sand from the ferry channel to the southwest of Hatteras Island, a choice made to minimize impact to submerged aquatic vegetation and due to the channel being filled somewhat during the hurricane.

WYND

WYND-FM, a radio station (97.1 FM) licensed to Hatteras, North Carolina, United States


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