Area 66.41 km² | Established 1932 | |
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Governing body U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Website Swanquarter National Wildlife Refuge Address Swanquarter, NC 27885, USA Similar Currituck National Wildlife R, Sheep Ridge Wilderness, Tuttle Educational State For, Theodore Roosevelt State Nat, Currituck Banks North Car | ||
The Swanquarter National Wildlife Refuge is located in Hyde County, North Carolina near the village of Swan Quarter. The area is a federally protected land and home to many species of wildlife and waterfowl. The refuge is administered from the nearby Mattamuskeet National Wildlife Refuge. The refuge has a total area of 16,411 acres (66.41 km2).
Approximately half the refuge was designated a part of Swanquarter Wilderness.
Great Island, located in the Pamlico Sound, is located entirely within the wildlife refuge.
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Swanquarter National Wildlife Refuge Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA