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Cape Henry from the air, facing to the east-southeast over the Atlantic Ocean and the gateway to the Chesapeake Bay

Cape Henry is a cape on the Atlantic shore of Virginia located in the northeast corner of Virginia Beach. It is the southern boundary of the entrance to the long estuary of the Chesapeake Bay.

Across the mouth of the bay to the north is Cape Charles the opposite point of the Bay's gateway. Named for two sons of King James I of England in 1607, together Cape Henry and Cape Charles form the Virginia Capes.

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Cape Henry

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Cape Henry is a cape on the Atlantic shore of Virginia located in the northeast corner of Virginia Beach. It is the southern boundary of the entrance to...

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Cape Henry Lighthouses

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The Cape Henry Lighthouses are a pair of lighthouses at Cape Henry, the landform marking the southern entrance to Chesapeake Bay in the U.S. state of Virginia...

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Cape Henry Memorial

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The Cape Henry Memorial commemorates the first landfall at Cape Henry, in Virginia Beach, Virginia, of colonists bound for the Jamestown settlement. After...

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MV Cape Henry

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3682768 MV Cape Henry (T-AKR-5067) is a roll-on/roll-off cargo ship. She has two sister ships: MV Cape Hudson and MV Cape Horn. The Cape Henry was originally...

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Cape Henry Collegiate School

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Cape Henry Collegiate (formerly Cape Henry Collegiate School, also known as Cape Henry or CHC) is a private, college-preparatory, coeducational, day school...

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Battle of Cape Henry

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The Battle of Cape Henry was a naval battle in the American War of Independence which took place near the mouth of Chesapeake Bay on 16 March 1781 between...

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Colonial National Historical Park

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income for the colony other than cultivated tobacco and traded furs. The Cape Henry Memorial is at the site of the landing of Captain Christopher Newport...

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Cape Henry Parish

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Cape Henry Parish (Danish: Kap Henry Parish) is a broad headland in the Wandel Sea, Arctic Ocean, northernmost Greenland. Administratively it is part of...

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Virginia Capes

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06806°W / 37.02889; -76.06806 The Virginia Capes are the two capes, Cape Charles to the north and Cape Henry to the south, that define the entrance to...

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List of current ships of the United States Navy

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MV Cape Decision MV Cape Diamond MV Cape Domingo MV Cape Douglas MV Cape Ducato MV Cape Edmont MV Cape Henry MV Cape Horn MV Cape Hudson SS Cape Intrepid...

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Tidewater Conference of Independent Schools

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Tennis Girls Tennis Track Golf Girls Field Hockey Cheerleading Sailing Cape Henry Collegiate School Catholic High School Greenbrier Christian Academy (former...

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MV Cape Hudson

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Line with the name Barber Taif. She has two sister ships named MV Cape Henry and MV Cape Horn. It served as a merchant ship until it was purchased by the...

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Cape Cod

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Cape Cod is an arm-shaped peninsula extending into the Atlantic Ocean from the southeastern corner of Massachusetts, in the northeastern United States...

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Battle of the Chesapeake

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the Chesapeake, also known as the Battle of the Virginia Capes or simply the Battle of the Capes, was a crucial naval battle in the American Revolutionary...

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Cape of Good Hope

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fluctuates between Cape Agulhas and Cape Point (about 1.2 kilometres (0.75 mi) east of the Cape of Good Hope). 75km 50miles Cape Agulhas Cape of Good Hope   ...

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Prince Henry the Navigator

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expeditions beyond Cape Bojador. Henry also held a monopoly on tuna fishing in the Algarve. When Edward died eight years later, Henry supported his brother...

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Headland

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Washington Cape Hatteras, North Carolina Cape Henlopen, Delaware Cape Henry, Virginia Cape May, New Jersey Cape Mendocino, California Cape Prince of Wales...

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Joint Expeditionary Base Fort Story

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Navy. Located in the independent city of Virginia Beach, Virginia at Cape Henry at the entrance of the Chesapeake Bay, it offers a unique combination...

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Chesapeake Bay

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Delaware. The mouth of the Bay at its southern point is located between Cape Henry and Cape Charles. With its northern portion in Maryland and the southern part...

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Cape Charles Lighthouse

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several advantages: it was much cheaper than the Cape Henry model, and distinct enough from the Cape Henry tower that the two would not be mistaken for each...

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Cape Coloureds

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Cape Coloureds (Afrikaans: Kaapse Kleurlinge) are a South African ethnic classification consisting primarily of persons of mixed race African, Asian and...

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Cape Colony

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The Cape Colony (Dutch: Kaapkolonie), also known as the Cape of Good Hope, was a British colony in present-day South Africa named after the Cape of Good...

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