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Location:
USA,
South Carolina, Myrtle Beach
Category:
Beach
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Description:
View over North Myrtle beach
and the Atlantic ocean from the
Beach Cove Resort
Location Information:
Myrtle
Beach is a coastal resort city in
Horry County, South Carolina, United
States. It is the de facto hub of
both the Myrtle Beach metropolitan
area and the Grand Strand, a complex
of beach towns and barrier islands
stretching from Little River to
Georgetown, South Carolina.
Arising from a getaway for lumber
workers from Conway, Myrtle Beach
has rapidly developed into a major
tourist destination in the
Southeastern United States in the
latter 20th century and 2000s. As of
2006, the metro area had an
estimated population of 299,353.[3]
According to the 2000 census, the
area was the 13th fastest-growing
metropolitan area in the United
States. Myrtle Beach is situated
largely on a barrier island between
the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway
on the west and the Atlantic Ocean
(Long Bay) on the East. However,
building west of the waterway is
rapidly increasing.
Land east of the waterway is on a
slightly elevated sandbar or dune
area. West of the waterway the land
is mostly pine forest with a normal
high water table, in which
developers dredge ponds and use the
soil to create elevated areas for
better drainage around buildings.
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