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  2. Albemarle Sound - Wikipedia

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    One ferry that linked the towns of Edenton and Mackeys, North Carolina, continued in service from 1734 to 1938, when a bridge was built across the Sound. Another, longer bridge of more than 3 miles (4.8 km) in length was built in 1990. Fishing was a major industry in the Albemarle Sound from the colonial period.

  3. Frying Pan Shoals - Wikipedia

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    The Frying Pan Shoals are a shifting area of shoals off Cape Fear in North Carolina, United States. Formed by silt from the Cape Fear River, the shoals are over 28 miles long and resemble a frying pan in shape. [1] They provide fishing. [2] [3]

  4. Northeastern United States Continental Shelf - Wikipedia

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    Microplastic pollution is a widespread problem in the North Atlantic Ocean; in 2018, samples of pelagic fish species native to the NEUS Continental Shelf sampled from Portugal found microplastic contamination in 49% of the fish. [11] Ocean acidification is also a threat

  5. Pamlico Sound - Wikipedia

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    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.

  6. Waccamaw River - Wikipedia

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    The Waccamaw River is a river, approximately 140 miles (225 km) long, in southeastern North Carolina and eastern South Carolina in the United States. It drains an area of approximately 1,110 square miles (2886 km 2) in the coastal plain along the eastern border between the two states into the Atlantic Ocean.

  7. Currituck Sound - Wikipedia

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    Currituck Sound (/ ˈ k ʊr ɪ t ʌ k /) [1] is a lagoon located in northeastern part of North Carolina and extreme southeastern Virginia. 36 miles (58 km) long north-south and 8 miles (13 km) at its widest, [2] this shallow, island-filled sound is separated from the Atlantic Ocean by the Currituck Banks Peninsula (formerly Bodie Island), part ...

  8. Marlin fishing - Wikipedia

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    The Outer Banks of North Carolina have long been known for their blue marlin fishing. Since the early 1950s when Ernal Foster on the Albatross I made the first charter fishing trips for blue marlin, Cape Hatteras has been known as an important destination for the sport fisherman.

  9. Nautical chart - Wikipedia

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    On nautical charts, the top of the chart is always true north, rather than magnetic north, towards which a compass points. Most charts include a compass rose depicting the variation between magnetic and true north. However, the use of the Mercator projection has drawbacks. This projection shows the lines of longitude as parallel.

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