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Meg Ledge, Frying Pan Shoals (offshore Wilmington)
Fossil site Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Shark teethAlso reported: mako, great white.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Dominik Vogt (CC BY-SA 3.0).
Why this spot
Miocene-Pliocene
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution describes divers recovering megalodon teeth from fossil gravel trapped against submerged limestone scarps in Onslow Bay; the popular Meg Ledge is marked by the abandoned Frying Pan tower.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
deep decompression-limit divingCurrents, sharks, long boat ride
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