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The term "Outer Banks" refers to the islands, shoals, and spits from Ocracoke northward, also includes Core Banks, and is frequently abbreviated OBX on regional tourism marketing. In recent decades, the beaches to the south of Cape Lookout have been marketing themselves as the "Southern Outer Banks", including the marketing as SOBX; this region ...
Beaufort is located in North Carolina's "Outer banks" region. (which ends at the roundabout on Front Street) Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Center for Coastal Fisheries and Habitat Research. It is also the location of the Rachel Carson Reserve, part of the N.C. Coastal Reserve and National Estuarine Research Reserve system.
Portsmouthwas a fishing and shipping village located on Portsmouth Islandon the Outer Banksin North Carolina, United States. Portsmouth Islandis a tidal island connected, under most conditions, to the northern end of the North Core Banks, across Ocracoke Inletfrom the village of Ocracoke. The town lies in Carteret County, was established in ...
The American Flag is whipped by the wind along NC 12 at the Cape Hatteras Motel on Thursday, July 1, 2021 in Buxton, N.C. Robert Willett/rwillett@newsobserver.com
Cape Hatteras / ˈhætərəs / is a cape located at a pronounced bend in Hatteras Island, one of the barrier islands of North Carolina . As a temperate barrier island, the landscape has been shaped by wind, waves, and storms. There are long stretches of beach, sand dunes, marshes, and maritime forests in the area. A large area of the Outer ...
Corolla, North Carolina. Corolla ( / kəˈrɑːlə / kuh-RAHL-uh) [ 1] is an unincorporated community located in Poplar Branch township, Currituck County, North Carolina, United States, along the northern Outer Banks. It has a permanent population of approximately 500 people; during the summer vacation season, the population surges into the ...
Shackleford Banks. / 34.66500°N 76.58778°W / 34.66500; -76.58778. Shackleford Banks is a barrier island [1] system on the coast of Carteret County, North Carolina. It contains a herd of feral horses, scallop, crabs and various sea animals, including summer nesting by loggerhead turtles. [2] It is a tourist and beach camping site. [3]
0/km 2 (0/sq mi) The Core Banks are barrier islands in North Carolina, part of the Outer Banks and Cape Lookout National Seashore. Named after the Coree tribe, they extend from Ocracoke Inlet to Cape Lookout, and consist of two low-relief narrow islands, North Core Banks and South Core Banks, and, since September 2011, two smaller islands.