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Pea Island dunes Pea Island ocean view. Pea Island is an island which is part of the Outer Banks of North Carolina.Because of the shifting nature of the barrier island system of which Pea Island is a part, and the way in which inlets open and close over time, Pea Island has, at times, been contiguous with the neighboring islands of Bodie Island or Hatteras Island.
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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. They line most of the North Carolina coastline, separating Currituck Sound, Albemarle Sound, and Pamlico Sound from the Atlantic Ocean.
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The island is one of the longest in the contiguous United States, measuring 42 miles (68 km) along a straight line from end to end, or roughly 50 miles (80 km) along the curve of the land. [3] The island, because of its function as a barrier island and its low lying profile, has experienced significant coastal erosion because of sea level rise.
Roanoke Island (/ ˈ r oʊ ə n oʊ k /) is an island in Dare County, bordered by the Outer Banks of North Carolina. It was named after the historical Roanoke , a Carolina Algonquian people who inhabited the area in the 16th century at the time of English colonization .
Pleasure Island is near two major reserves of the North Carolina National Estuarine Research Reserve: Masonboro Island (5,097 acres to the North) and Zeke's Island (1,165 acres in the south). Brown Pelicans wait for a handout of fish on the Kure Beach Pier on Pleasure Island.
Lea-Hutaff Island (formerly Lea Island and Hutaff Island) is a 5,641-acre (22.83 km 2) uninhabited barrier island and marsh system located off the coast of North Carolina. Lea Island State Natural Area is a 25-acre (0.10 km 2 ) [ 2 ] North Carolina State Park on the northern end of the island.