category
Category, plural categories, may refer to:
Philosophy and general uses
* Categorization, categories in cognitive science, information science and generally
*Category of being
* ''Categories'' (Aristotle)
*Category (Kant)
*Categories (Peirce)
* ...
, and nearby features:
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Currituck Beach Light
The Currituck Beach Light () , from the North Carolina Collection's website at the University of No ...
, a lighthouse in
Corolla, North Carolina
Corolla ( ) is an unincorporated community located in Poplar Branch township, Currituck County, North Carolina, United States, along the northern Outer Banks. It has a permanent population of approximately 500 people; during the summer vacat ...
, on the
Outer Banks
The Outer Banks (frequently abbreviated OBX) are a string of barrier islands and spits off the coast of North Carolina and southeastern Virginia, on the east coast of the United States. They line most of the North Carolina coastline, separating ...
.
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Currituck County Airport
Currituck County Regional Airport is a county-owned, public-use airport in Currituck County, North Carolina, United States. It is located four nautical miles (5 mi, 7 km) south of the central business district of Currituck, Nor ...
,
IATA
The International Air Transport Association (IATA ) is a trade association of the world's airlines founded in 1945. IATA has been described as a cartel since, in addition to setting technical standards for airlines, IATA also organized tariff ...
Barco, North Carolina
Barco is an unincorporated community in Currituck County, North Carolina, United States at the southern terminus of North Carolina Highway 168
North Carolina Highway 168 (NC 168) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of North C ...
, the unincorporated county seat (originally called
Currituck Court House
Currituck () , from the North Carolina Collection's website at the
)
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Currituck Sound
Currituck Sound () , from the North Carolina Collection's website at the , an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean in northeastern part of North Carolina.
** Places in the
List of Registered Historic Places in North Carolina
This is a list of structures, sites, districts, and objects on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina:
As of , there are more than 2,900 properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in all 100 ...
Currituck Shooting Club
Currituck Shooting Club was a historic shooting club located near Corolla, Currituck County, North Carolina. The clubhouse was built between 1879 and 1882, and consisted of three connected sections. The main portion of the clubhouse was a 2 1/2- ...
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Currituck Township
Currituck Township is in Hyde County, North Carolina
Hyde County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 4,589, making it the second-least populous county in North Carolina. Its coun ...
in
Hyde County, North Carolina
Hyde County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 4,589, making it the second-least populous county in North Carolina. Its county seat is Swan Quarter. The county was created in 170 ...
* Ships with the name
USS Currituck
Two ships of the United States Navy have been named ''Currituck'' after Currituck Sound along the coasts of North Carolina and Virginia
Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern re ...
:
** USS Currituck (1862), a
Civil War
A civil war or intrastate war is a war between organized groups within the same state (or country).
The aim of one side may be to take control of the country or a region, to achieve independence for a region, or to change government policies ...
screw steamer originally named ''Seneca''
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USS Currituck (AV-7)
USS ''Currituck'' (AV-7) was the first of four ''Currituck'' class seaplane tenders, and was nicknamed the ''Wild Goose''. She was built during World War II and served during the Cold War.
The second US ship to be named for the Currituck Sou ...
, a
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...
and
Cold War
The Cold War is a term commonly used to refer to a period of geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies, the Western Bloc and the Eastern Bloc. The term '' cold war'' is used because the ...
seaplane tender nicknamed the ''Wild Goose''
* Other s
* The dredge ship Currituck, used by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
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Currituck Island
Currituck Island () is an island in Antarctica long marked by numerous small coves, lying on the northwest side of Edisto Channel in the Highjump Archipelago The Highjump Archipelago is a group of rocky islands, rocks and ice rises in Antarctica ...
in
Antarctica
Antarctica () is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded by the Southern Ocean, it contains the geographic South Pole. Antarctica is the fifth-largest contine ...
's
Highjump Archipelago The Highjump Archipelago is a group of rocky islands, rocks and ice rises in Antarctica, about long and from wide, lying generally north of the Bunger Hills
Bunger Hills, also known as Bunger Lakes or Bunger Oasis, is a coastal range on the Knox ...
, so named by Navy
Operation Highjump
Operation HIGHJUMP, officially titled The United States Navy Antarctic Developments Program, 1946–1947, (also called Task Force 68), was a United States Navy (USN) operation to establish the Antarctic research base Little America IV. The opera ...
Microsoft
Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational technology corporation producing computer software, consumer electronics, personal computers, and related services headquartered at the Microsoft Redmond campus located in Redmond, Washing ...
code name
A code name, call sign or cryptonym is a code word or name used, sometimes clandestinely, to refer to another name, word, project, or person. Code names are often used for military purposes, or in espionage. They may also be used in industrial c ...