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  2. Jack Browns Seaplane Base - Wikipedia

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    Jack Browns Seaplane Base ( FAA LID: F57) is a public-use seaplane base located 3 nautical miles (5.56 km) northwest of the central business district of Winter Haven in Polk County, Florida, United States. It is located on the northeast shore of Lake Jessie, which is part of the Winter Haven Chain of Lakes. The privately owned [1] seaplane base ...

  3. Harvey Point Defense Testing Activity - Wikipedia

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    The Harvey Point Defense Testing Activity facility, owned by the Department of Defense, is located on a peninsula in Perquimans County, North Carolina, along Albemarle Sound, near the town of Hertford, NC. It was established in World War II as Naval Auxiliary Air Station Harvey Point, an operating base for sea planes conducting anti-submarine ...

  4. Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City - Wikipedia

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    It is located sixty miles north of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, north of Albemarle Sound and along the East Coast's northernmost ice-free river. Bayside Plantation, owned by the Hollowell family, near Elizabeth City, North Carolina, was selected by the United States Coast Guard in 1938 for its potential strategic value as a seaplane base.

  5. Naval Facility Cape Hatteras - Wikipedia

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    Naval Facility Cape Hatteras (NAVFAC Cape Hatteras) was a Sound Surveillance System (SOSUS) shore terminal, one of the nine initial systems installed, located on Cape Hatteras near Buxton, North Carolina and adjacent to the old location of the Cape Hatteras lighthouse. [1][2] NAVFAC Cape Hatteras, eighth of the initial nine Atlantic systems to ...

  6. WWII ships found 30 miles off North Carolina coast

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    Two sunken vessels from WWII were recently found off the coast of North Carolina. Researchers from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration discovered the Nazi U-boat 576 and the ...

  7. Morehead City, North Carolina - Wikipedia

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    GNIS feature ID. 2406191 [2] Website. moreheadcitync.org. Morehead City is a port town in Carteret County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 8,661 at the 2010 census. [4] Morehead City celebrated the 150th anniversary of its founding on May 5, 2007. It forms part of the Crystal Coast.

  8. Where exactly is NC setting of ‘Where the Crawdads ... - AOL

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    However, Bath is not the county seat of Beaufort County. Bath has a smaller population than New Bern, though, which seems to be more in-line with Barkley Cove. Daisy Edgar-Jones, left, and Taylor ...

  9. Cape Hatteras National Seashore - Wikipedia

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    Website. Cape Hatteras National Seashore. Cape Hatteras National Seashore is a United States national seashore which preserves the portion of the Outer Banks of North Carolina from Bodie Island to Ocracoke Island, stretching over 70 miles (110 km), and is managed by the National Park Service. Included within this section of barrier islands ...