The Whale (Figure Eight Island)

Middle Sound is a bay in New Hanover County, North Carolina, in the United States.Middle Sound was named for its central location between two other sounds.

Figure Eight Island is a barrier island in the U.S. state of North Carolina, just north of Wrightsville Beach, widely known as an affluent summer colony and vacation destination. The island is part of the Wilmington Metropolitan Area, and lies between the Intracoastal Waterway and the Atlantic Ocean. As a private island, Figure Eight can only be reached by boat or via a guarded causeway swing bridge—the only private bridge over the Intracoastal Waterway in the American Southeast.Nicknamed "The Hamptons of the South", the island has been a destination for celebrities and politicians—including former U.S. Vice President Al Gore and Senator John Edwards—and a summer residence for noted businessmen, including John J. Mack and William Johnston Armfield.

Harnet Township, North Carolina, is a statistical township consisting of all Wrightsville Beach, Bayshore, and Ogden. Harnet Township also contains parts of Kings Grant, Kirkland, Murraysville, and Wilmington. Harnet Township is located in New Hanover County, North, Carolina.

Porters Neck is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in New Hanover County, North Carolina, United States. Its population was 6,204 as of the 2010 census.

Ogden is a census-designated place (CDP) in New Hanover County, North Carolina, United States. It is both a suburb of the city of Wilmington and part of the Wilmington Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 6,766 at the 2010 census, up from 5,481 in 2000.

Shipwreck House is a mansion on Figure Eight Island, off the coast of Wilmington, North Carolina. The house is named for the 1877 shipwreck of the lumber schooner John S. Lee, which was discovered on the grounds where it was built.

Chadsworth Cottage is a mansion on Figure Eight Island, a private island near Wilmington, North Carolina.

Bayshore is a census-designated place (CDP) in New Hanover County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 3,393 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Wilmington Metropolitan Statistical Area.

James D. and Frances Sprunt Cottage is a historic beach cottage located at Wrightsville Beach, New Hanover County, North Carolina. It was built in 1937, and is an elevated two-story, three-bay frame cottage. It features a gable-front roof with exposed rafter tails, a main-level porch with an upper deck, and a double-tier wraparound porch. The ground level includes a two-car garage.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013.

Wrightsville Beach is a town in New Hanover County, North Carolina, United States. Wrightsville Beach is just east of Wilmington and is part of the Wilmington Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 2,477 at the 2010 census. The town consists of a 4-mile (6 km) long beach island, an interior island called Harbor Island, and pockets of commercial property on the mainland. It served as a filming location of Dawson's Creek.