Cape Charles

Cape Charles is a town in , at the southern tip of the Delmarva peninsula. It used to be the terminus of the eastern shore railway and still has an operating rail-to-barge ferry terminal with freight service to .
Photo: Dadadata, Public domain.
  • Town with 1,180 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 3 feet (1 metre)
  • Description: town in Virginia, United States
  • Postal code: 23310
  • Also known as
    “Accomack”
    “Cape Charles, VA”
    “Cape Charles, Virginia”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Cape Charles Museum and Welcome Center and Palace Theatre.

Museum
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Theater building
Photo: Packer1028, CC0.
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fairview.

Neighborhood
is an unincorporated community in , , United States. is situated 2½ miles east of Cape Charles.

Cape Charles

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Latitude
37.2672° or 37° 16′ 2″ north
Longitude
-76.0177° or 76° 1′ 4″ west
UN/LOCODE
US CCJ
Open location code
87957X8J+VW
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
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Geo­Names ID
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Cape Charles” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كاب تشارليس”
  • Basque: “Cape Charles”
  • Catalan: “Cape Charles”
  • Cebuano: “Cape Charles”
  • Chechen: “Кейп-Чарлз”
  • Chinese: “开普查尔斯”
  • Chinese: “查尔斯角”
  • Chinese: “查爾斯角”
  • Chinese: “開普查爾斯”
  • Dutch: “Cape Charles”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كاب تشارليس”
  • French: “Cape Charles”
  • German: “Cape Charles”
  • Gilaki: “کیپ چارلز (ويرجينيا)”
  • Gilaki: “کیپ چارلز”
  • Haitian: “Cape Charles, Vijini”
  • Haitian: “Cape Charles”
  • Hungarian: “Cape Charles”
  • Italian: “Cape Charles”
  • Ladin: “Cape Charles”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Cape Charles”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Cape Charles”
  • Norwegian: “Cape Charles”
  • Polish: “Cape Charles”
  • Portuguese: “Cape Charles”
  • Russian: “Кейп Чарльз”
  • Russian: “Кейп-Чарльз (Виргиния)”
  • Russian: “Кейп-Чарльз”
  • Serbian: “Кејп Чарлс”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Cape Charles, Virginia”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Cape Charles”
  • Slovak: “Charlesov mys”
  • Spanish: “Cape Charles”
  • Tatar: “Кейп-Чарлз”
  • Ukrainian: “Кейп-Чарлз”
  • Urdu: “کیپ چارلس، ورجینیا”
  • Uzbek: “Cape Charles”
  • Uzbek: “Cапе Чарлес”
  • Volapük: “Cape Charles”
  • Welsh: “Cape Charles, Virginia”
  • Welsh: “Cape Charles”

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