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  2. Oregon Inlet - Wikipedia

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    Oregon Inlet is an inlet along North Carolina's Outer Banks. It joins the Pamlico Sound with the Atlantic Ocean and separates Bodie Island from Pea Island , which are connected by the 2.8-mile (4.5 km) Marc Basnight Bridge that spans the inlet.

  3. List of shipwrecks of North Carolina - Wikipedia

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    Ran aground at Lockwood's Folly Inlet while attempting to refloat CSS Bendigo. [6] Isle of Iona United Kingdom: 14 December 1914 British cargo ship; wrecked near Hatteras Inlet. USCGC Jackson United States Coast Guard: September 1944 Sank off Oregon Inlet in the 1944 Great Atlantic Hurricane. John D. Gill: 12 March 1942 Torpedoed by U-158. [4 ...

  4. Oregon Inlet Station - Wikipedia

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    Oregon Inlet Station is a historic lifesaving station located near Rodanthe, Dare County, North Carolina. It was built in 1897 by the United States Life-Saving Service and remodeled in 1933 and 1970. It is a 1 1/2-story, Shingle Style rectangular frame building with a lookout tower. It has a porch that surrounds the building.

  5. North Carolina Highway 12 - Wikipedia

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    It crosses the New Inlet bridge onto Pea Island and 11 miles (18 km) further north is the Marc Basnight Bridge over Oregon Inlet, connecting Pea Island to Bodie Island. Nearby is the Bodie Island Lighthouse and visitor center. NC 12 then continues north, where it intersects US 64 and US 158 at Whalebone Junction, just south of the town of Nags Head

  6. Bodie Island - Wikipedia

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    Bodie Island (/ ˈ b ɒ d i / BAH-dee) is a long, narrow barrier peninsula that forms the northernmost portion of the Outer Banks.The land that is most commonly referred to as Bodie Island was at one time a true island, but in 1811 Roanoke Inlet, which had separated it from the Currituck Banks in the north, closed. [1]

  7. List of shipwrecks of Oregon - Wikipedia

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    A steamship that was wrecked on the rocks. The 160 passengers and most of the freight were landed on the Oregon shore. [23] Towed in to drydock at Cascade Locks around 1 September. The hull was found to be a "complete wreck." [24] Columbia River: Cascade Locks: Gypsy: 11 June 1900: Tore hole in bottom and sank in ten feet (3.0 m) of water. [25 ...

  8. Pea Island - Wikipedia

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    Pea Island was created when two inlets, the New Inlet in 1738, and Oregon Inlet in 1846, separated it from the neighboring islands. The island was rejoined to Hatteras Island intermittently from 1922 until 1945 as the narrow New Inlet opened and closed with shifting sands.

  9. Coos Bay - Wikipedia

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    It is the largest estuary completely within Oregon state lines. [3] [4] The Coos Bay watershed covers an area of about 600 square miles and is located in northern Coos County, Oregon, in the United States. The Coos River, which begins in the Oregon Coast Range, enters the bay from the east. From Coos River, the bay forms a sharp loop northward ...