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3About Aurora, NC
Aurora is a small town of 560 people in eastern North Carolina's Beaufort County, built around historic phosphate mining along the Pamlico River. US Highway 33 provides main access from Washington (15 miles west), while longer trips use US Highway 17 then local connections. The Aurora Fossil Museum showcases ancient shark teeth and whale bones from the area's phosphate mines.
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Aurora, NC is in United States, at 35.303, -76.789 - about 30 km south of Bath, NC.
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The closest airport to Aurora, NC is Coastal Carolina Regional Airport, 49 km (about 43 min by car). Other airports nearby: Pitt-Greenville Airport.