Cape Hatteras
35.250555555556 - 75.528805555556Koordinaten: 35 ° 15 '2 " N, 75 ° 31' 44 " W
The Cape Hatteras ( Cape Hatteras German ) is a cape on the east coast of the United States.
Location
The far- projecting into the Atlantic headland is the most westerly of the southeast United States in the state of North Carolina. The cape is located on Hatteras Iceland, which belongs to the Outer Banks.
Weather
Two of the major Atlantic currents, flowing in a southerly direction cold Labrador current and aspiring to the north warm Gulf Stream, meet off Cape Hatteras, making the waters off the headland is mostly rough and shallow sandbanks. Due to its exposed location, the Cape is often hit by hurricanes that come up on the coast. Hurricane Isabel of 2003, the area has particularly affected. Isabel devastated the Outer Banks and broke the North Carolina State Route 12, which runs from Nags Head to the island.
The Lighthouse
The dangers of the sea there, which led to the construction of lighthouses, which are among the most prominent coastal structures were North Carolina. The first lighthouse was built in 1803 on the Cape in 1870 and replaced by the present tower. It is 64 meters high the tallest lighthouse in the United States and the tallest brick lighthouse in the world. In 1999 he had to be moved around 884 meters into the island, as the coastline was already approached moved by coastal erosion dangerously close to the old location. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1998 and recorded by the American Society of Civil Engineers in the List of Historic Civil Engineering Landmarks in 1999.
Special features of the animal world
Due to the different warm ocean currents is the location of Cape Hatteras, similar to Point Conception in California, a limit of the habitat of various kinds of creatures that each have their northernmost or southernmost occurrence here. One reason why the Cape Hatteras National Seashore was established. Cape Hatteras is the southernmost point of dissemination of the Northern Diamondback Terrapin, a specialized brackish water turtle belonging to the family of the New World pond turtles.
Ship Graveyard
The perils of the sea, as strong currents, storms and shoals in the past led frequently to navigation problems. Many ships were lost in the centuries before the coast. These events gave the area off the Outer Banks the name " Graveyard of the Atlantic ". More than 2,000 ships are to be dropped here. Countless sailors lost their lives. The Graveyard Of The Atlantic Museum in Hatteras is full of exhibits that are dedicated to the eventful maritime history of this treacherous Seeraumes. The U.S. weather - NOAA manages the reserve "Monitor National Marine Sanctuary ," lie in the numerous wrecks from the Second World War, but also from the time before. Best known are the remains of the eponymous USS Monitor.