Definition of Cape Hatteras

1. Noun. A promontory on Hatteras Island off the Atlantic coast of North Carolina. "Frequent storms drive ships to their destruction on Cape Hatteras"


Lexicographical Neighbors of Cape Hatteras

Cape Ann
Cape Breton
Cape Breton Island
Cape Canaveral
Cape Cod
Cape Cod Bay
Cape Cod Canal
Cape Cod and the Islands
Cape Codder
Cape Codders
Cape Colony
Cape Fear
Cape Fear River
Cape Flattery
Cape Girardeau
Cape Hatteras (current term)
Cape Horn
Cape Kennedy
Cape May
Cape May warbler
Cape Province
Cape Sable
Cape Town
Cape Trafalgar
Cape Verde
Cape Verde Islands
Cape Verde escudo
Cape Verde monetary unit
Cape Verdean

Literary usage of Cape Hatteras

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Short But Comprehensive System of the Geography of the World: By Way of by Nathaniel Dwight (1805)
"... A. Cape-Hatteras, Cape-Lookout and Cape-Pear. Q._ "What are the remarkable Capes of North-Carolina ? ..."

2. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences by New York Academy of Sciences (1916)
"Two well-marked barriers present themselves along the coast, viz., Cape Cod and Cape Hatteras. North of Cape Cod the fauna is typically northern, ..."

3. Journal of a Tour Through the United States, and in Canada, Made During the by Charles Giles Bridle Daubeny (1843)
"Indeed the'fatal accident that occurred in the summer off Cape Hatteras, when nearly all the passengers perished, including many members of the best ..."

4. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1908)
"Another well-marked region is that between Cape Hatteras and Cape ... coast of New England to Cape Hatteras, creatures of a warm sea from Cape Hatteras to ..."

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