Jockey's Ridge State Park
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Jockey's Ridge State Park is a North Carolina state park in Dare County, North Carolina in the United States. Located in Nags Head, North Carolina, it covers a 427-acre area, and includes the tallest
A sand dune at Jockey's Ridge State Park
Hang gliding is a popular activity due to the large sand dunes and wind from the Atlantic Ocean.
Brush growing on some of the sand dunes of Jockey's Ridge State Park.
Outer Banks
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The Outer Banks are a 200 mi string of barrier islands and spits off the coast of North Carolina and southeastern Virginia, on the east coast of the United States. They line most of the North Carolina
Jockey's Ridge State Park
…the parking lot via a 350-foot-long (110 m) boardwalk. Sandboarding is also practiced on the dunes. Scientists believe that the barrier islands of the Outer Banks were remnants of the last ice age, which ended approximately 12,000 years ago. They have also concluded that Jockey's Ridge itself came into being about…
The Outer Banks, separating the Atlantic Ocean (east) from Currituck Albemarle Sounds (north) and Pamlico Sound (south)
View from the International Space Station in 2019 (north is in the lower left of the photo)
Aerial view of Outer banks (looking north), with sound on the left and ocean on the right
Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum, Hatteras, North Carolina, June 2007