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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.
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.
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 ...
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The forecast calls for 1 to 3 feet of storm surge at South Santee River, South Carolina, to Oregon Inlet, North Carolina; Neuse and Bay Rivers, North Carolina; and Pamlico and Pungo Rivers, North ...
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]
At Whalebone Junction, the three main highways of the Outer Banks (NC 12, US 158, and US 64) all meet. Additionally, NC 615 serves as the main route along Knotts Island in the extreme north; it connects only to Virginia by land. A number of ferries maintained by the North Carolina Department of Transportation Ferry Division also serve the Outer ...
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