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Coordinates: 34°15′34″N 78°28′05″W / 34.25944°N 78.46806°W / 34.25944; -78.46806
  
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Lake Waccamaw State Park

IUCN category III (natural monument or feature)

Sunset at Lake Waccamaw State Park
Map showing the location of Lake Waccamaw State Park
Map showing the location of Lake Waccamaw State Park

Location of Lake Waccamaw State Park in North Carolina

Map showing the location of Lake Waccamaw State Park
Map showing the location of Lake Waccamaw State Park

Lake Waccamaw State Park (the United States)

LocationColumbus County, North Carolina, United States
Nearest cityLake Waccamaw, North Carolina
Coordinates34°15′34″N 78°28′05″W / 34.25944°N 78.46806°W / 34.25944; -78.46806[1][2]
Area2,398 acres (9.70 km2)[3]
Elevation43 ft (13 m)
Established1976
Named forLake Waccamaw
Governing bodyNorth Carolina Division of Parks and Recreation
Websitewww.ncparks.gov/lake-waccamaw-state-park/ Edit this at Wikidata

Lake Waccamaw State Park is a North Carolina state parkinColumbus County, North Carolina, in the United States. Located near the town of Lake Waccamaw, North Carolina, it covers 2,398-acre (9.70 km2),[3] along the shores of Lake Waccamaw, a Carolina bay. Recent work by the U.S. Geological Survey has interpreted the Carolina Bays as relict thermokarst lakes that formed several thousands of years ago when the climate was colder, drier, and windier.[4] Thermokarst lakes develop by thawing of frozen ground (permafrost) and by subsequent modification by wind and water. Thus, this interpretation suggests that permafrost once extended as far south as the Carolina Bays during the last ice age and (or) previous ice ages.

Lake Waccamaw State Park is located in North Carolina's Coastal Plain.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Lake Waccamaw State Park". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. October 1, 1990.
  • ^ United States Geological Survey. "Lake Waccamaw State Park, USGS Lake Waccamaw East (NC) Topo Map". TopoQuest. Retrieved June 30, 2008.
  • ^ a b "Size of the North Carolina State Parks System" (XLS). North Carolina Division of Parks and Recreation. January 1, 2019. Archived from the original on July 21, 2019. Retrieved July 21, 2019.
  • ^ Swezey, C.S. (2020) "Quaternary eolian dunes and sand sheets in inland locations of the Atlantic Coastal Plain Province", in Inland Dunes of North America (N. Lancaster and P. Hesp, eds.), Springer Publishing, Switzerland, pp. 11-63. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-40498-7_2 ISBN 978-3-030-40498-7

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