Shoal · Cape Fear, North Carolina

Frying Pan Shoals Slue

Charted shoal area about 3 km across, least depth 2.4 m (MLLW). Depth taken from the nearest charted sounding. Charted on NOAA ENC US5ILMAE, surveyed 2003.

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Quick facts

TypeShoal
Charted depth2.4 m (8 ft) below MLLW
Position33.6584°N, 77.8850°W
From Cape Fear point, Bald Head Island22 km (14 mi), bearing 160° SSE
SourceNOAA ENC US5ILMAE

How to see it

Underwater, so there is nothing to see from the shore. From Cape Fear point, Bald Head Island, 22 km (14 mi) away, CoastFinder draws it below the horizon at its bearing and distance, with its charted depth.

Point your phone at the real thing. The CoastFinder app draws this shoal over your live camera view from any beach, pier or boat near Cape Fear, with its distance and depth, and it works with no signal.

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Not for navigation. Positions and depths come from public charts and records, with their sources named above; they are for looking, not for piloting a boat.