Soldier Crabs. Known elsewhere as hermit crabs, these crabs are a unique set of crabs that can be found on the East Coast of the island. In order to protect its very vulnerable abdomen, these crabs carry a discarded mollusc shell.
Sir Walter Raleigh Â© Raleigh was an adventurer, courtier to Elizabeth I, navigator, author and poet.M. Walter Raleigh (also spelled Ralegh) was born into a well-connected gentry family at Hayes Barton in Devon in around 1552. He attended Oxford University for a time, fought with the Huguenots in France and later studied law in London.
This particular section of the Outer Banks is often referred to as the Sir Walter Raleigh Coastland. The capital of the great State of North Carolina is named after Sir Walter Raleigh. In Raleigh's time, the whole new land was known as Virginia in honor the Virgin Queen, Elizabeth.