Stumpy Point Bay is a bay in Dare County, North Carolina.[1]

Tree stumps in and around Stumpy Point Bay account for its name.[2]

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Stumpy Point Bay
  2. ↑ Moyer, Armond; Moyer, Winifred (1958). The origins of unusual place-names. Keystone Pub. Associates. p. 127.

35°41′33″N 75°45′35″W / 35.6925°N 75.759722°W / 35.6925; -75.759722


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