This audio file was created from an article revision dated 2005- 12-10, and may not reflect subsequent edits to the article. (Audio help) More spoken articles Graveyard of the Atlantic is a name given to the treacherous waters in the Atlantic Ocean along the Outer Banks of North Carolina and the Virginia coastline south of the entrance to the Chesapeake Bay at Cape Henry. In this area of the ocean, the cold waters of the Labrador Current, which originates around the coast of Norway, collide with the warm waters of the Gulf Stream. Image File history File links En-graveyardoftheatlantic. ...
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2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
December 10 is the 344th day (345th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, 21 days before the next year. ...
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North Carolinas Outer Banks separating the Atlantic Ocean (east) from Albemarle Sound (north) and Pamlico Sound (south). ...
Official language(s) English Capital Raleigh Largest city Charlotte Area Ranked 28th - Total 53,865 sq mi (139,509 km²) - Width 150 miles (240 km) - Length 560[1] miles (901 km) - % water 9. ...
Official language(s) English Capital Richmond Largest city Virginia Beach Area Ranked 35th - Total 42,793 sq mi (110,862 km²) - Width 200 miles (320 km) - Length 430 miles (690 km) - % water 7. ...
The Chesapeake Bay - Landsat photo The Chesapeake Bay where the Susquehanna River empties into it. ...
Cape Henry is a cape on the Atlantic shore of Virginia. ...
The Labrador Current is a cold current in the north Atlantic Ocean which flows from the Arctic Ocean south along the coast of Labrador and passes around Newfoundland, continuing south along the east coast of Nova Scotia. ...
For the album by Ocean Colour Scene, see North Atlantic Drift (album) The Gulf Stream is orange and yellow in this representation of water temperatures of the Atlantic. ...
The hazards of severe weather, strong currents, and navigational challenges combined to cause the loss of thousands of ships and an unknown number of human lives. More than 2,000 ships have sunk in these waters since people began keeping records in 1526. January 14 - Treaty of Madrid. ...
Among the better known shipwrecks was the USS Monitor, a participant in the famous Battle of Hampton Roads during the American Civil War. The Monitor foundered and sank on December 31, 1862 off Cape Hatteras. Survivors of a much earlier shipwreck created the lost town of Wash Woods, Virginia using lumber which washed ashore. However, the extreme weather eventually claimed the town as well. Shipwreck of the SS American Star Shipwreck in the Saugatuck River mouth in Westport, Connecticut A shipwreck or sunken ship can refer to the remains of a wrecked ship or to the event that caused the wreck, such as the striking of something that causes the ship to sink, the...
USS Monitor was the first ironclad warship commissioned by the United States Navy. ...
Combatants United States of America Confederate States of America Commanders John L. Worden Franklin Buchanan Catesby R. Jones Strength 1 ironclad, 3 wooden warships 1 ironclad, 2 wooden warships, 1 gunboat, 2 tenders Casualties 2 wooden warships sunk, 1 wooden warship damaged 261 killed 108 wounded 1 ironclad damaged 7...
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December 31 is the 365th day of the year (366th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
1862 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...
An aerial view of the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse prior to its 1999 relocation. ...
Lost counties, cities and towns of Virginia are those which formerly existed in the English Colony of Virginia or the Commonwealth of Virginia as one of the United States. ...
Wash Woods was a now extinct unincorporated town located on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean in the extreme southeastern corner of Virginia in the current False Cape State Park in the independent city of Virginia Beach. ...
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The Graveyard of the Pacific was a mariners nickname for the Pacific Northwest Coast from Oregon north to the tip of Vancouver Island. ...
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