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.

SW Chatham County.

a tiny island in SW Carteret County in Bogue Sound.

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

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

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."

See Gull Shoal.

S central Anson County.

community in S Wake County.

community in SE Wake County served by post office, 1878-1903.