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- noun a promontory on Hatteras Island off the Atlantic coast of North Carolina
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Examples
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SANCHEZ: Yes, what they have come to know as a Cape Hatteras storm, right?
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Our patrol area is from New York to Cape Hatteras, which is a much-trafficked area some four hundred miles south of New York.
The Story of World War II Donald L. Miller 1945
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Our patrol area is from New York to Cape Hatteras, which is a much-trafficked area some four hundred miles south of New York.
The Story of World War II Donald L. Miller 1945
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As of early Wednesday morning, just hours before the first ferry was to leave, Irene was still nearly 1,000 miles south of Cape Hatteras, N.C. The Category 2 storm was starting to intensify again with maximum sustained winds of about 100 mph.
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As of early Wednesday morning, just hours before the first ferry was to leave, Irene was still nearly 1,000 miles south of Cape Hatteras, N.C. The Category 2 storm was starting to intensify again with maximum sustained winds of about 100 mph.
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Its center was about 235 miles (380 kilometers) south-southeast of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, and 455 miles (735 kilometers) west of Bermuda.
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Its center was about 235 miles (380 kilometers) south-southeast of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, and 455 miles (735 kilometers) west of Bermuda.
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Irene is still expected to slam into the North Carolina coast Saturday—roughly somewhere between Morehead City and Cape Hatteras—as a major hurricane, which is a storm of Category 3 or more.
Irene Closes In on North Carolina Coast Valerie Bauerlein 2011
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Launched in Brooklyn on January 30, 1862 and lost in a storm off Cape Hatteras on December 31st of the same year, its legacy has far outlasted its duration.
Megan Smolenyak: USS Monitor: Could William Bryan Be One of the Skeletons in the Turret? Megan Smolenyak 2011
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The center of the storm was still about 300 miles (483 kilometers) south-southwest of Cape Hatteras, N.C., and moving to the north at 14 mph (22 kph).
Hurricane Irene Could Affect Millions Of People In The U.S. (LIVE UPDATES) 2011
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