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1200:Museums, zoos, and institutes
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523:. The Globe Pequot Press.
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498:. The History Press.
286:. The bridges carry
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1338:Mid-Currituck Bridge
1303:Marc Basnight Bridge
918:Cape Lookout Village
361:Transport portal
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42:Coordinates
1538:Categories
1462:Blackbeard
1452:John White
1165:Game lands
1039:Drum Inlet
1004:Back Sound
999:Core Sound
949:Onslow Bay
913:Portsmouth
824:Kitty Hawk
780:Sandbridge
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714:Pea Island
391:References
329:NC 34
280:Kitty Hawk
270:, between
248:References
224:Statistics
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