Frying Pan Lightship and Light Tower

The Frying Pan Shoals are a long, shifting area of shoals off the coast of Cape Fear in North Carolina, United States. A shoal or sandbar (also called sandbank) is a somewhat Linear Landform within or extending into a body of Water, The coast is defined as the part of the land adjoining or near the Ocean. See also Geography of North Carolina North Carolina ( is a state located on the Atlantic Seaboard in the southeastern United States The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The shoals have been a hazard to ships in the area since the beginning of European exploration of the area; the area is littered with shipwrecks. A ship /ʃɪp/ is a large vessel that floats on water Ships are generally distinguished from Boats based on size The European peoples are the various Nations and Ethnic groups of Europe. A shipwreck can refer to a wrecked ship or to the event that caused the wreck such as the striking of something that causes the ship to sink the stranding of the ship on rocks The southern edge of the shoals have been marked by a lightship (which is now a popular attraction in, oddly enough, New York), a light tower and a buoy. The City of New York The area is also a great fishing destination, even more so due to the new reef created from the light tower. For the computer security term see Phishing. Fishing is the activity of catching Fish.

Frying Pan Shoals is one of 15 light stations off the United States coastline.

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