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Masonboro Island

Island in North Carolina, United States of America

Field	Value
name	Masonboro Island
image_name	Masonboro Island.JPG
image_caption	Masonboro Island as seen from the mainland
location	Masonboro Township /
Federal Point Township,
New Hanover County
coordinates
area_km2	0.721
highest_mount

country	United States
country_admin_divisions_title	State
country_admin_divisions	North Carolina

Federal Point Township, New Hanover County

Masonboro Island is a barrier island in New Hanover County, North Carolina, United States. The island, which is undeveloped and accessible only by boat, is a component of the North Carolina National Estuarine Research Reserve and a North Carolina State Natural Area. It lies south of Wrightsville Beach, separated by Masonboro Inlet, and north of Carolina Beach, separated by Carolina Beach Inlet. The island is a destination for boating, surfing, and camping.

Masonboro Island is a mix of marshes, dunes and tidal flats, with beaches along its Atlantic coastline and a chain of small hills and wetland islands along Masonboro Sound, which is part of the Intracoastal Waterway. The beaches are a nesting ground for loggerheads and green sea turtles, and the waters on the sound side of the island are a nursery for spot, mullet, flounder and pompano.

References

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110406202133/http://www.ncparks.gov/About/docs/protection_acreage.pdf |archive-date=April 6, 2011 |access-date=May 20, 2011 |url-status=dead

References

[http://www.mpaglobal.org/index.php?action=showMain&site_code=352859 MPA Global]
[http://www.nccoastalreserve.net/About-The-Reserve/Reserve-Sites/Masonboro-Island/59.aspx NC Coastal Reserve] {{webarchive. link. (2010-01-04)

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