| The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. 2002. |
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| Cape Hatteras |
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| (HAT-uhr-uhs) Promontory on Hatteras Island off North Carolina, a low, sandy barrier island between the Atlantic Ocean and Pamlico Sound. | 1 |
| ‡ Called the “Graveyard of the Atlantic” because of the frequent storms that drive ships landward to their destruction. | 2 |
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| | | The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. Edited by E.D. Hirsch, Jr., Joseph F. Kett, and James Trefil. Copyright © 2002 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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