Diamond Shoals
Also known as: Sholes of Hatteras, Inner Diamond Shoal, Outer Diamond Shoal, Hatteras Shoals, Hatteras Slough, Diamond Slough
… a series of three shoals extending SE from Cape Hatteras, which see, into the Atlantic Ocean off SE Dare County. Hatteras Shoals is nearest to the cape, Inner Diamond Shoal is in the middle, and Outer Diamond Shoal extends farthest into the Atlantic. The channel between Hatteras Shoals and Inner Diamond Shoal is Hatteras Slough; Diamond Slough is the channel between the two Diamond Shoals. There, warm Gulf Stream waters collide with cold arctic waters from the n, causing a constant turbulence in the Atlantic. Area known as the "Graveyard of the Atlantic." Appears as Sholes of Hatteras on the Moll map, 1729.
