Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge
The Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge was created in 1974 to help protect and preserve a portion of the Great Dismal Swamp, a marshy region on the Coastal Plain of southeastern Virginia and northeastern North Carolina between Norfolk, Virginia, and Elizabeth City, North Carolina in the United States. It is located in parts of the independent cities of Chesapeake and Suffolk in Virginia, and the counties of Camden, Gates, and Pasquotank in North Carolina.
| Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge | |
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IUCN category IV (habitat/species management area) | |
Photograph of Lake Drummond, Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Virginia | |
| Location | Camden, Gates, Pasquotank counties, North Carolina, Chesapeake, Suffolk, Virginia, United States |
| Coordinates | 36°35′00″N 76°27′00″W |
| Area | 112,000 acres (450 km2) |
| Established | 1974 |
| Governing body | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service |
| Website | Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge |
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