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Assateague Island National Seashore is located in Assateague Island off the coast of Maryland and Virginia.

A 20-foot-long dead humpback whale washed ashore this week at Assateague Island, and experts said the carcass is likely to leave a smell for some time.

The call came two days after the latest reported death, that of a humpback whale that washed ashore Monday on Assateague Island, Maryland.

Marylander Ann Stoddard depicts literal “carbon footprints” on Assateague Island, where the human imprints contain traces of oil recently expelled by tankers.

“Misty of Chincoteague,” written by Marguerite Henry and published in 1947, opens with the story of a Spanish galleon that runs aground, leaving the horses on the ship to swim to Assateague Island.