TOILE PHOTOS CAPE HATTERAS

CAPE HATTERAS LIGHTHOUSE—Cape Hatteras Light is a lighthouse located on Hatteras Island in the Outer Banks in the town of Buxton, Caroline du Nord et is part of the Cape Hatteras National Seashore. The Outer Banks are a group of barrier islands on the North Caroline coast that separate the Atlantic Ocean from the coastal sounds and inlets. Atlantic currents in this area made excellente for travel for ships, excepté dans l'area of diamond shoals, just offshore at Cape Hatteras. Nearby, the warm Gulf Stream ocean current collides with the colder labrador Current, creating ideal conditions for powerful ocean storms and sea swells. The large number of ships that agran aground because of these shifting sandgave this area the nickname "Graveyard of the Atlantic." C'est le congrès de la construction du cap Hatteras Light. Its 210-foot height makes it the tallest brick lighthstructure in the United States and 2 nd in the world.[5][6] Since its base is almost at at sea level, it is only the 15th highlight in the United States, the first 14 bey built on higher ground.