Diamond Shoals

The Diamond Shoals are an infamous, always-shifting cluster of shallow, underwater sandbars that extend eight miles out from , , .
  • Reef
  • Description: Shoals near Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, US
  • Also known as
    “Cape Hatteras Shoals”
    “Diamond Shoal”
    “Graveyard of Ships”
    “Graveyard of the Atlantic”
    “Hatteras Shoals”
    “Inner Diamond Shoal”
    “Outer Diamond Shoals”
    “Point of the Diamonds”
    “Shoals of Hatteras”
    “The Diamond”
    “The Diamonds”
    “The Graveyards”
    “The Shoals”
    “Torpedo Junction”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Buxton.
Vbofficial, Public domain.
Village
is an unincorporated community and…
4½ miles northwest of Diamond Shoals
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Latitude
35.20623° or 35° 12′ 22″ north
Longitude
-75.51015° or 75° 30′ 37″ west
Open location code
87766F4Q+FW
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
natural = reef
Geo­Names ID
Wiki­data ID

Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Hebrew—“Diamond Shoals” goes by many names.
Diamond ShoalsCebuano
שרטוני היהלוםHebrew

Localities in the Area

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