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Southeast, North Carolina
Cape Fear NC
Shark Tooth Island spoil
Tidal foreshore Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this shoreline.
Fossils
Shark teeth
Sea potteryPhotos via Wikimedia Commons: Partonez (CC BY-SA 4.0), Dominik Vogt (CC BY-SA 3.0), NPS (Public domain).
Why this spot
Dredge-spoil island - redeposited centuries of river material
Dedicated site documents fossil and relic day trips on the spoil banks.
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Boat or kayak access only
current
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