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The Outer Banks, separating the Atlantic Ocean (east) from Currituck Albemarle Sounds (north) and Pamlico Sound (south) The Outer Banks (frequently abbreviated OBX) are a 200 mi (320 km) string of barrier islands and spits off the coast of North Carolina and southeastern Virginia, on the east coast of the United States.
Cape Lookout National Seashore preserves a 56-mile (90-km) long section of the Southern Outer Banks, or Crystal Coast, of North Carolina, United States, running from Ocracoke Inlet on the northeast to Beaufort Inlet on the southwest. Three undeveloped barrier islands make up the seashore - North and South Core Banks and Shackleford Banks.
Cape Hatteras National Seashore is a United States national seashore which preserves the portion of the Outer Banks of North Carolina from Bodie Island to Ocracoke Island, stretching over 70 miles (110 km), and is managed by the National Park Service.
Cape Hatteras can experience significant wind and/or water damage from tropical systems moving (usually northward or northeastward) near or over North Carolina's Outer Banks, while other areas (i.e. Wilmington, NC or Myrtle Beach and Charleston, SC to the south and Norfolk, VA and Maryland's Eastern Shore to the north) experience much less ...
In Outer Banks, our favorite Pogues venture to a handful of spots from North Carolina to the Bahamas to South America to Morocco. But they always return to their Paradise on Earth, the fictional ...
In 1713, the Virginia planter John Shackleford acquired several large tracts of land in Bath County, which included Shackleford Banks. [4] Among these was a grant of land containing 7,000 acres (28 km 2). [5] This tract on the early maps was known as Sea Banks. It was then, and is now, in Carteret County, in North Carolina's Outer Banks.