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Wher is the Continental Shelf on the East coast of the United states the Widest?

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im pretty sure it is:

The continental margin off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina (at 35° North latitude) displays the typical Atlantic Ocean shelf-slope-rise sequence (Fig. 1a). Off the Georgia/South Carolina coast, however, the continental margin is anything but typical

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Step-by-step explanation:

The widest continental shelf is from Siberia all the way to the Arctic Ocean The widest continental shelf is about 930 miles long (1,500 km)

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