Cape Fear, on the coast of North Carolina.

Cape Fear in a NASA satellite photo, showing the estuary of the Cape Fear River.

Cape Fear is a prominent headland jutting into the Atlantic Ocean from Bald Head Island on the coast of North Carolina in the southeastern United States. It is largely formed of barrier beaches and the silty outwash of the Cape Fear River as it drains the southeast coast of North Carolina through an estuary south of Wilmington. The cape is the southernmost point of the state of North Carolina, formed where two sweeping arcs of shifting low-lying beach intersect, the result of longshore currents which also form the treacherous, shifting Frying Pan Shoals, part of the ship graveyard of the Atlantic. Cape Fear © 2004 Matthew Trump File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Cape Fear © 2004 Matthew Trump File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Cape Fear shown in NASA satellite photo, digitally enhanced by Matthew Trump. ... Cape Fear shown in NASA satellite photo, digitally enhanced by Matthew Trump. ... The bay at San Sebastián, Spain A headland is an area of land adjacent to water on three sides. ... “Atlantic” redirects here. ... Bald Head Island is a village located in Brunswick County, North Carolina. ... Official language(s) English Capital Raleigh Largest City = Charlotte Largest city {{{LargestCity}}} Area  Ranked 28th  - Total 53,865 sq mi (139,509 km²)  - Width 150 miles (240 km)  - Length 560[1] miles (901 km)  - % water 9. ... The Cape Fear River, shown highlighted, with its tributaries The Cape Fear River is a 202 mi (325 km) long river in east central North Carolina in the United States. ... For other meanings, see Estuary (disambiguation) Rio de la Plata estuary An estuary is a semi-enclosed coastal body of water with one or more rivers or streams flowing into it, and with a free connection to the open sea. ... Wilmington is a city in New Hanover County, North Carolina, United States. ... In geography, longshore drift (LSD) refers to a process by which sediments move along a beach shoreline. ... Frying Pan Lightship and Light Tower The Frying Pan Shoals are a long, shifting area of shoals off the coast of Cape Fear in North Carolina. ...

Dunes dominated by sea oats occur from the upper beach driftline back to the stable secondary dunes, where they mix with other grasses such as Saltmeadow Cordgrass and panic grass, as well as seaside goldenrod, spurge, and other herbs to form a stable salt-tolerant grassland. A diagram showing the formation of a dune with a slipface. ... Sea oats (Uniola paniculata) are a type of grass that grows along the East Coast of the United States, Mexico, and on islands in the Caribbean. ... Binomial name (Aiton) Muhl. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Species See full list. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

The Cape Fear estuary drains the largest watershed in North Carolina, containing 27% of the state's population.

Giovanni da Verrazzano, the Italian explorer sailing for France, made landfall at Cape Fear on his voyage to the New World in the spring of 1524 or 1525. Giovanni da Verrazzano (c. ... Events March 1, 1524/5 - Giovanni da Verrazano lands near Cape Fear (approx. ... Events January 21 - The Swiss Anabaptist Movement was born when Conrad Grebel, Felix Manz, George Blaurock, and about a dozen others baptized each other in the home of Manzs mother on Neustadt-Gasse, Zürich, breaking a thousand-year tradition of church-state union. ...