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English: The Cape Lookout National Seashore official park map, shows the locations of key points of interest, visitor centers, and ferry landings. Date accessed 2013
Cape Lookout National Seashore preserves a 56-mile (90-km) long section of the Southern Outer Banks, or Crystal Coast, of North Carolina, United States, running from Ocracoke Inlet on the northeast to Beaufort Inlet on the southwest. Three undeveloped barrier islands make up the seashore - North and South Core Banks and Shackleford Banks.
Cape Lookout is the southern point of the Core Banks, one of the natural barrier islands on the Atlantic coast of North Carolina. It delimits Onslow Bay to the west from Raleigh Bay to the east. Core Banks and Shackleford Banks have been designated as parts of the Cape Lookout National Seashore .
A green sea turtle hatchling reaches the ocean at Cape Lookout National Seashore. Turtle nesting season runs from mid-May through August in North Carolina.
Cape Lookout: Atlantic coast: North Carolina: March 10, 1966: 28,243.36 acres (114.3 km 2) Cape Lookout National Seashore is made up of three islands of the Outer Banks, accessible only by boat. It is known for its wild horses and the Cape Lookout Lighthouse. Hiking, camping, fishing, and birdwatching are popular recreational activities.
A couple of tourists poking around in the sand found a prehistoric shark tooth the size of a human hand at Cape Lookout National Seashore, according to the National Park Service.. The tooth is all ...
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The Core Banks are barrier islands in North Carolina, part of the Cape Lookout National Seashore.Named after the Coree tribe, they extend from Ocracoke Inlet to Cape Lookout, and consist of two low-relief narrow islands, North Core Banks and South Core Banks, and, since September 2011, two smaller islands.