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Pamlico Sound with the southern Outer Banks. Orbital photo courtesy of NASA. Map of the Pamlico Sound and its watershed. Pamlico Sound (/ ˈ p æ m l ɪ k oʊ / PAM-lik-oh) is a large estuarine lagoon in North Carolina. The largest lagoon along the North American East Coast, it extends 80 mi (130 km) long and 15 to 20 miles (24 to 32 km) wide.
The estuarium has more than 200 scientific and historic exhibits on the ecology of North Carolina's estuaries, the Tar-Pamlico River, and Pamlico Sound including . Visitors can also walk a 3/4 mile boardwalk alongside Pamlico River. The lobby features a mechanical recreation of the water cycle.
The Pamlico River was a key strategic position during the American Civil War. The river is the site of the sunken Union warship, USS Picket. The U.S. Route 17 Bridge, which connects Washington, North Carolina with nearby Chocowinity, splits the name of the river. That portion heading westward upstream is called the Tar River.
Washington is a city in Beaufort County, North Carolina, United States, located on the northern bank of the Pamlico River. The population was 9,875 at the 2020 census . [ 4 ] It is the county seat of Beaufort County. [ 5 ]
The Tar River is a river that is approximately 215 miles (346 km) long, in northeast North Carolina flowing generally southeast to an estuary of Pamlico Sound.The Tar River becomes the tidal Pamlico River once it passes under the U.S. Highway 17 Bridge in Washington, North Carolina.
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Albemarle-Pamlico Peninsula is a large peninsula (about 3,200 square miles) on the North Carolina coast, lying between the Albemarle Sound to the north and the Pamlico Sound to the south. The 5 counties of Dare, Hyde, Beaufort, Tyrrell, and Washington all lie wholly or partly on the peninsula. Much of the peninsula is covered with marshland. [1]
Pamlico. The Pamlico people lived on the Pamlico River in North Carolina. Named after them were Pamlico Sound, the largest sound in North Carolina, and Pamlico County.They are one of the most southerly Algonquian tribes on the Atlantic seaboard and the most southerly ones for which scholars collected a vocabulary.