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Cape Henry is a cape
Headlands and bays

Headlands and bays are two related features of the coastal environment....
 on the Atlantic
Atlantic Ocean

The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic divisions; with a total area of about 106.4 million square kilometres . It covers approximately one-fifth of the Earth's surface....
 shore of Virginia
Virginia

The Commonwealth of Virginia is an United States U.S. state on the East Coast of the United States of the Southern United States. The state is known as the "Old Dominion" and sometimes as "Mother of Presidents", because it is the birthplace of Lists of United States Presidents by place of birth#By state....
 in the independent city
Independent city

An independent city is a city that does not form part of another general-purpose local government entity.Independent cities should not be confused with city-states , which are fully sovereign cities that are not part of any other nation-state....
 of Virginia Beach
Virginia Beach, Virginia

Virginia Beach is an independent city located in the South Hampton Roads Hampton Roads area of Virginia, on the Atlantic Ocean at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay....
. It is the southern boundary of the entrance to Chesapeake Bay
Chesapeake Bay

The Chesapeake Bay is the largest estuary in the United States. It lies off the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by Maryland and Virginia. The Chesapeake Bay's drainage basin covers in the District of Columbia and parts of six states: New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia....
.

Across the mouth of the bay to the north is Cape Charles
Cape Charles (headland)

Cape Charles is a headland, or cape, in Northampton County, Virginia, Virginia. Located at the southern tip of Northampton County, it forms the northern side of the entrance to the Chesapeake Bay....
. Named for sons of King James I
James I of England

James VI and I was List of monarchs of Scotland as James VI, and List of English monarchs and King of Ireland as James I. He ruled in Kingdom of Scotland as James VI from 24 July 1567, when he was only one year old, succeeding his mother Mary I of Scotland....
 of England in 1607, together Cape Henry and Cape Charles form the Virginia Capes
Virginia Capes

The Virginia Capes are the two capes, Cape Charles to the north and Cape Henry to the south, that define the entrance to Chesapeake Bay on the eastern coast of North America....
.

Henry was named in 1607 in honor of Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales
Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales

Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales was the eldest son of King James I of England and Anne of Denmark. His name comes from grandfathers Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley and Frederick II of Denmark....
, the eldest son of King James I of England
James I of England

James VI and I was List of monarchs of Scotland as James VI, and List of English monarchs and King of Ireland as James I. He ruled in Kingdom of Scotland as James VI from 24 July 1567, when he was only one year old, succeeding his mother Mary I of Scotland....
, by an expedition of the London Company
London Company

The London Company was an England joint stock company established by royal charter by James I of England on April 10, 1606 with the purpose of establishing colonial settlements in North America....
 branch of the proprietary Virginia Company
Virginia Company

The Virginia Company refers collectively to a pair of England joint stock company chartered by James I of England in 1606 with the purposes of establishing settlements on the coast of North America....
 headed by Captain Christopher Newport
Christopher Newport

Christopher Newport was an English sailor and privateer. He is best known as the captain of the Susan Constant, the largest of three ships which carried settlers for the Virginia Company in 1607 on the way to found the settlement at Jamestown, Virginia in the Virginia Colony, which became the first permanent English settlement in North Americ...
.






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Cape Henry is a cape
Headlands and bays

Headlands and bays are two related features of the coastal environment....
 on the Atlantic
Atlantic Ocean

The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic divisions; with a total area of about 106.4 million square kilometres . It covers approximately one-fifth of the Earth's surface....
 shore of Virginia
Virginia

The Commonwealth of Virginia is an United States U.S. state on the East Coast of the United States of the Southern United States. The state is known as the "Old Dominion" and sometimes as "Mother of Presidents", because it is the birthplace of Lists of United States Presidents by place of birth#By state....
 in the independent city
Independent city

An independent city is a city that does not form part of another general-purpose local government entity.Independent cities should not be confused with city-states , which are fully sovereign cities that are not part of any other nation-state....
 of Virginia Beach
Virginia Beach, Virginia

Virginia Beach is an independent city located in the South Hampton Roads Hampton Roads area of Virginia, on the Atlantic Ocean at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay....
. It is the southern boundary of the entrance to Chesapeake Bay
Chesapeake Bay

The Chesapeake Bay is the largest estuary in the United States. It lies off the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by Maryland and Virginia. The Chesapeake Bay's drainage basin covers in the District of Columbia and parts of six states: New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia....
.

Across the mouth of the bay to the north is Cape Charles
Cape Charles (headland)

Cape Charles is a headland, or cape, in Northampton County, Virginia, Virginia. Located at the southern tip of Northampton County, it forms the northern side of the entrance to the Chesapeake Bay....
. Named for sons of King James I
James I of England

James VI and I was List of monarchs of Scotland as James VI, and List of English monarchs and King of Ireland as James I. He ruled in Kingdom of Scotland as James VI from 24 July 1567, when he was only one year old, succeeding his mother Mary I of Scotland....
 of England in 1607, together Cape Henry and Cape Charles form the Virginia Capes
Virginia Capes

The Virginia Capes are the two capes, Cape Charles to the north and Cape Henry to the south, that define the entrance to Chesapeake Bay on the eastern coast of North America....
.

History

Cape Henry was named in 1607 in honor of Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales
Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales

Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales was the eldest son of King James I of England and Anne of Denmark. His name comes from grandfathers Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley and Frederick II of Denmark....
, the eldest son of King James I of England
James I of England

James VI and I was List of monarchs of Scotland as James VI, and List of English monarchs and King of Ireland as James I. He ruled in Kingdom of Scotland as James VI from 24 July 1567, when he was only one year old, succeeding his mother Mary I of Scotland....
, by an expedition of the London Company
London Company

The London Company was an England joint stock company established by royal charter by James I of England on April 10, 1606 with the purpose of establishing colonial settlements in North America....
 branch of the proprietary Virginia Company
Virginia Company

The Virginia Company refers collectively to a pair of England joint stock company chartered by James I of England in 1606 with the purposes of establishing settlements on the coast of North America....
 headed by Captain Christopher Newport
Christopher Newport

Christopher Newport was an English sailor and privateer. He is best known as the captain of the Susan Constant, the largest of three ships which carried settlers for the Virginia Company in 1607 on the way to found the settlement at Jamestown, Virginia in the Virginia Colony, which became the first permanent English settlement in North Americ...
. After an unusually long voyage of 144 days from England, it was their first landfall, an event which has come to be called "The First Landing".

Captain Newport, with his three ships, Susan Constant
Susan Constant

Susan Constant, at 120 Tonnage, was the largest of three ships of the Virginia Company that were led by Captain Christopher Newport on the 1607 voyage that resulted in the founding of the first permanent England settlement in North America, Jamestown, Virginia, in the new Colony of Virginia....
, the Godspeed
Godspeed

Godspeed, as a word, is a wish for a prosperous journey, success, and good fortune .Godspeed may refer to:* Godspeed , a ship that was captained by Bartholomew Gosnold...
, and the Discovery
Discovery (1602 ship)

Discovery was a 20-tonnage "fly-boat" of the British East India Company, launched before 1602. She took part in six expeditions in search of the Northwest Passage....
, and the group of 104 men and boys, subsequently explored inland and established Jamestown
Jamestown, Virginia

Jamestown, located on Jamestown Island in the Virginia Colony, was founded on May 14, 1607. It is commonly regarded as the first permanent England settlement in what is now the United States of America, following several earlier failed attempts....
 which became the first permanent English settlement in North America.

Current features

The Cape Henry Memorial
Cape Henry Memorial

Cape Henry Memorial commemorates the first landfall at Cape Henry, in Virginia Beach, Virginia, of colonists bound for the Jamestown, Virginia. After landing on April 26, 1607, they explored the area, named the cape, and set up a cross before proceeding up the James River ....
 commemorates The First Landing of the settlers that established Jamestown. Nearby, the historic Cape Henry Light was the first in the United States. Also of historical interest, the passenger station built in 1902 and served by the original Norfolk Southern Railway
Norfolk Southern Railway (former)

The Norfolk Southern Railway was the final name of a railroad running from Norfolk, Virginia southwest and west to Charlotte, North Carolina. It was acquired by the Southern Railway in 1974....
 was restored late in the 20th century and is used as an educational facility by Fort Story
Fort Story

File:16" gun, Ft. Story.jpgFort Story Military Reservation is a facility of the U.S. Army located in the independent city of Virginia Beach, Virginia at Cape Henry....
, an Army
United States Army

The United States Army is the branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for Army operations. It is the largest and oldest established branch of the U.S....
 base located at Cape Henry. First Landing State Park
First Landing State Park

First Landing State Park offers recreational opportunities at Cape Henry in the independent city of Virginia Beach, Virginia.The state park is near the site of the first landing on April 26, 1607 of Christopher Newport and the Virginia Company colonists before establishing themselves at Jamestown, Virginia....
 occupies the rest of the cape itself, as well as some of the nearby area.

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