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Place Description
Gulf Branch

rises in NW Burke County and flows SW into Linville River.

Gulf Creek

rises in SE Chatham County and flows SW into Cape Fear River.

Gulf Prong

rises in NE Swain County and flows S to join Chasm Prong in forming Bradley Fork.

Gulf Stream

is a warm current in the Atlantic Ocean that flows out of the Gulf of Mexico along the E coast of the United States and E in the North Atlantic toward Europe. Along the coast of North Carolina, it approaches Cape Hatteras and gives that part of the state a milder winter than would otherwise be the case. Winter temperatures of the surface waters there are approx. 63°, while summer temperatures are about 80°. The Gulf Stream was first described by Benjamin Franklin, and it appears on a map prepared for him in 1770 by Timothy Folger.

Gulf Township

SW Chatham County.

Gull Island

a tiny island in SW Carteret County in Bogue Sound.

Gull Island Bay

on the W shore of Hatteras Island in the waters of Pamlico Sound, S Dare County opposite Gull Island.

Gull Rock

community in E Hyde County on Wyesocking Bay. A former post office there was Gulrock.

Gull Shoal

a small island in Pamlico Sound off the W shore of Hatteras Island, SE Dare County. The name appears in local records as early as 1794 as "Gull Shore."

Gull Shore

See Gull Shoal.