Shoreline erosion and the Lost Colony
Dolan R and Bosserman K. 1972. Shoreline erosion and the Lost Colony. Annals of the Association of American Geographers. 62(3):424-426
Argues that the original site of Sir Walter Raleigh's "Lost Colony" is most likely now offshore due to shoreline erosion. Failure to find the site of the famous Lost Colony of Roanoke Island, North Carolina, may be linked to shoreline erosion. The shoreline in the vicinity of the settlement has eroded as much as a quarter of a mile during the last 400 years. KEY WORDS: Lost Colony, Roanoke Island, Shoreline erosion.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Dolan, Robert; Bosserman, Kenton
- Units
- CALO
- Keywords
- Geology, Shoreline Change