North Carolina Gazetteer
Isabel Breach (historical) is a physical feature (gut) in Dare County. The primary coordinates for Isabel Breach (historical) places it within the 27943 ZIP Code delivery area.
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| Feature Name: | Isabel Breach (historical) |
| Category: | North Carolina physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Gut |
| Description: | formerly approximately two miles southwest of the village of Hatteras |
| History: | The feature was the result of Hurricane Isabel, which made landfall at Cape Hatteras on Septemeber 18, 2003. Unlike Isabel Inlet (historical) q.v., the potentially permanent inlet approximately four miles northeast of Isabel Breach, this feature (a breach - often if more permanent termed haulovers) was awash only during very high tides and wave surges, but has now become mostly filled naturally. |
| County: | Dare County |
| Latitude: | 35.2003 |
| Longitude: | -75.7161 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Isabel Breach (historical): Isabel Breach (historical).
NOTE: This map shows the HISTORICAL LOCATION of a feature that is no longer visible!
Note that you do not have the right to enter private property without the owner's permission. You do have a right to access goverment property that is open to the general public. The GNIS Feature Detail Report for Isabel Breach (historical) does not include property ownership information.
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