Cape Fear River
The Cape Fear River is a 191.08-mile-long blackwater river in eastern North Carolina. It flows into the Atlantic Ocean near Cape Fear, from which it takes its name.
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in North Carolina, United States
- Also known as: “Cape Fair River”, “Cape-Feare River”, “Charle River”, “Charles River”, “Clarendon River”, “North East Cape Fear River”, “North West Branch”, “reka Cape Fear”, “Rio Jordan”, “恐懼角河”, and “驚恐角河”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Hatch Auditorium and Bald Head Light.
Hatch Auditorium
Church
Hatch Auditorium is a facility of the North Carolina Baptist Assembly at Fort Caswell.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fort Caswell Historic District and Bald Head Island.
Caswell Beach
Village
Cape Fear River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Brunswick, North Carolina, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
33.88545° or 33° 53′ 8″ north
Longitude
-78.01277° or 78° 0′ 46″ west
Open location code
8753VXPP+5V
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Cape Fear River” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كيب فير”
- Asturian: “Ríu Cape Fear”
- Bulgarian: “Кейп Фир”
- Catalan: “Cape Fear”
- Catalan: “Riu Cape Fear”
- Cebuano: “Cape Fear River”
- Chinese: “开普菲尔河”
- Chuvash: “Кейп-Фир”
- Dutch: “Cape Fear River”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر كيب فير”
- Esperanto: “Rivero Kabo Timo”
- French: “Cape Fear”
- German: “Cape Fear River”
- Irish: “Abhainn Cape Fear”
- Italian: “Cape Fear”
- Lithuanian: “Keip Fyras (upė)”
- Lithuanian: “Keip Fyras”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Cape Fear River”
- Norwegian: “Cape Fear River”
- Polish: “Cape Fear”
- Portuguese: “Rio Cape Fear”
- Romanian: “Cape Fear (râu)”
- Romanian: “Cape Fear”
- Russian: “Кейп-Фир (река)”
- Russian: “Кейп-Фир”
- Slovenian: “Cape Fear”
- Spanish: “Río Cape Fear”
- Ukrainian: “Кейп-Фір”
- Venetian: “Cape Fear”
- Welsh: “Afon Cape Fear”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Southport and Coolvale.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Baldhead Caswell and Smith Island Range.
North Carolina: Must-Visit Destinations
Worth a closer look: Charlotte and Raleigh.
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