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Beach and dune at Cape Henlopen, Delaware
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Beach and dune at Cape Henlopen, Delaware

Photo: NASA/Crew of STS-68 · Public domain

Landform

Delaware's Great Dune, a moving dune, with pine forest, bay, and ocean beach. Delaware State Parks.

Field note

Delaware State Parks holds Cape Henlopen where Delaware Bay meets the Atlantic. The Great Dune is a moving dune — sometimes called the Walking Dune — among pines. The point looks over both bay and ocean. This is the Delaware shore, not Cape Cod.

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