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Diamond Shoals

The Diamond Shoals are an infamous, always-shifting cluster of shallow, underwater sandbars that extend eight miles out from , , .
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Wikipedia
  • Type: 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”, and “Torpedo Junction”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Buxton.

Hamlet
Photo: Vbofficial, Public domain.
is an unincorporated community and census-designated place on near . It is located in in the U.S. state of . is situated 4½ miles northwest of Diamond Shoals.

Diamond Shoals

Latitude
35.20623° or 35° 12′ 22″ north
Longitude
-75.51015° or 75° 30′ 37″ west
Open location code
87766F4Q+FW
Open­Street­Map ID
way 671198207
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­reef
Geo­Names ID
4463604
Wiki­data ID
Q49615691
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Satellite Map

Discover Diamond Shoals from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Hebrew—“Diamond Shoals” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Diamond Shoals”
  • Hebrew: “שרטוני היהלום”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

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