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Cape Fear is a prominent Headland on the Atlantic coast of North Carolina in the southeastern United States . It is largely formed of barrier beaches and the silty outwash of the Cape Fear River as it drains the southeast coast of North Carolina through an Estuary south of Wilmington . The cape is the southernmost point of the state of North Carolina, formed where two sweeping arcs of shifting low-lying beach intersect, the result of Longshore Currents which also form the treacherous, shifting Frying Pan Shoals , part of the ship graveyard of the Atlantic. Dune s dominated by Sea Oat s occur from the upper beach driftline back to the stable secondary dunes, where they mix with other grasses such as Saltmeadow Cordgrass and Panic Grass , as well as Seaside Goldenrod , Spurge , and other herbs to form a stable salt-tolerant Grassland . The Cape Fear estuary drains the largest watershed in North Carolina, containing 27% of the state's population. Giovanni Da Verrazano , the Italian explorer sailing for France, made landfall at Cape Fear on his voyage to the New World in the spring of 1524 or 1525 . SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINK |
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