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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.
In geography, a sound is a smaller body of water usually connected to a sea or an ocean. A sound may be an inlet that is deeper than a bight and wider than a fjord ; or a narrow sea channel or an ocean channel between two land masses, such as a strait ; or also a lagoon between a barrier island and the mainland.
The Pamlico / ˈ p æ m l ɪ k oʊ / [1] River is a tidal river that flows into Pamlico Sound, in North Carolina in the United States. It is formed by the confluence of the Tar River and Tranters Creek.
The Outer Banks, separating the Atlantic Ocean (east) from Currituck Albemarle Sounds (north) and Pamlico Sound (south) 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.
Bath sits about 45 minutes from Greenville and is also located near marshy and swampy land on the Pamlico River. Notably, Bath was North Carolina’s first town and served as the state’s first ...
List of bodies of water called sound is an overview of all waterbodies with sound as part of the name. ... Pamlico Sound in North Carolina; Pine Island Sound near ...
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When the water returned once more in mid-March, Jose "Chepo" Gonzales, 50, worked to mitigate the reach of the flooding as his father had before him nearly 45 years earlier in 1979.