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Location:
USA,
Florida, Cape Canaveral
Category:
Beach
View
Description:
View of Cape Canaveral beach,
looking out over the
Atlantic Ocean
Location Information:
Cape
Canaveral is a headland in Brevard
County, Florida, United States, near
the center of that state's Atlantic
coast, 45 minutes east of Orlando by
car. Known as Cape Kennedy from 1963
to 1973, it sits east of Merritt
Island, separated from it by the
Banana River. It is part of a region
known as the Space Coast, and is the
site of the Cape Canaveral Air Force
Station. Since many U.S. spacecraft
are launched from both the station
and the Kennedy Space Center on
adjacent Merritt Island, the terms
"Cape Canaveral," "Canaveral" or
even "The Cape" have become metonyms
that refer to both as the launch
site of spacecraft. In homage to its
spacefaring heritage, the Florida
Public Service Commission allocated
"321" as the telephone area code for
Cape Canaveral and surrounding
counties.
Other features of the cape include
the Cape Canaveral lighthouse and
Port Canaveral. The city of Cape
Canaveral is a few miles south of
the cape. Mosquito Lagoon, The
Indian River, Merritt Island
National Wildlife Refuge and
Canaveral National Seashore are also
features of this area.
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