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The peninsula is sounded by the Albemarle, Croatan, and Pamlico Sounds. [2] It is the second largest estuary complex in the United States. The peninsula is made up of wildlife preserves, agricultural lands, and both federal- and state-owned preserves. [2]
In 1987, Congress declared the Albemarle-Pamlico Sound an "estuary of national significance." [3] For vacationers to the Outer Banks, the Pamlico Sound is a "watersports playground" providing opportunities for fishing and crabbing, boating, kayaking, sailing, windsurfing, kiteboarding, parasailing, paddleboarding, and more. [5]
Albemarle Sound (/ ˈ æ l b ə ˌ m ɑː r l / ... is a large estuary on the coast of North Carolina in the United States located at the ... The Pamlico often set up ...
In a historical context, this was also the name first given to the present-day body of water known as the Albemarle Sound. That body of water was initially named the Sea of Rawnocke (Roanoke), or Roanoke Sea, by European explorers and later appeared on maps as the Roanoke Sound and then the Carolina River before it was renamed for George Monck ...
- Remainder of Pamlico and Albemarle Sounds. A Storm Surge Warning means there is a danger of life-threatening inundation, from rising water moving inland from the coastline, during the next 36 ...
The Tidewater has eight sounds: Back, Pamlico, Albemarle, Currituck, Croatan, Roanoke, Core, and Bogue Sounds. It has many wetlands, where water covers the land. The Great Dismal Swamp, which is a series of swamps scattered from Virginia to North Carolina, is North Carolina's largest wetland area. [1]
The Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge is located in North Carolina's Inner Banks on the Albemarle-Pamlico Peninsula in Hyde, Tyrrell, and Washington Counties, North Carolina. Its headquarters is located in Columbia. Pocosin Lakes NWR was established in 1990.
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