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Cape Fear NC

Shark Tooth Island spoil

Tidal foreshore Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

FossilsFossils
Shark teethShark teeth
Sea potterySea pottery

Photos 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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