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    Pamlico Sound (/ˈpæmlɪkoʊ/ PAM-lik-oh) is a large estuarine lagoon in North Carolina. The largest lagoon along the North American East Coast, it extends...
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    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...
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    The largest of these is Pamlico Sound, immediately behind Hatteras Island; to its north is the second largest, Albemarle Sound, which extends almost to...
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    sound, and part of the greater Outer Banks region. Roanoke Island is situated at the southeastern corner of the sound, where it connects to Pamlico Sound...
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    the Outer Banks. These include Pamlico Sound, Albemarle Sound, Bogue Sound, and several others. The Mississippi Sound separates the Gulf of Mexico from...
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    Banks were explored in 1524 by Giovanni da Verrazzano, who mistook Pamlico Sound for the Pacific Ocean, and concluded that the barrier islands were an...
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    of the North Carolina coastline, separating Currituck Sound, Albemarle Sound, and Pamlico Sound from the Atlantic Ocean. A major tourist destination,...
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    located off the North Carolina coast. Dividing the Atlantic Ocean and the Pamlico Sound, it runs parallel to the coast, forming a bend at Cape Hatteras. It...
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  • turbulent waters of the Pamlico Sound. The M/V Pamlico has been sold to Cross Sound Ferry of New London, CT. The M/V Pamlico is the sister ship of the...
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    The Pamlico /ˈpæmlɪkoʊ/ River is a tidal river that flows into Pamlico Sound, in North Carolina in the United States. It is formed by the confluence of...
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    growth. The town is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the east and Pamlico Sound to the west. Rodanthe is the easternmost point of North Carolina. It...
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    Currituck Sound as seen from Knotts Island A sunset on Pamlico Sound as seen from The Inn on Pamlico Sound in Buxton, North Carolina Bogue Sound with fog...
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    provides access to Swan Quarter and Ocracoke Island, both across the Pamlico Sound. Many residents are fishermen, though fishing is declining in the area...
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    on the other side of the Albemarle Sound from Edenton south to Belhaven on the Pungo River, a branch of the Pamlico River. On November 1, 1899, the N&S...
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  • stereotyped as sounding like "hoi toid," giving Pamlico Sound's residents the name "High Tiders." /æ/ is raised to [ɛ] (so cattle sounds like kettle);...
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    counties. It was named for Pamlico Sound, which adjoins it. Vernacular usage in the area, especially in Craven County, refers to Pamlico County as being "down...
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    primarily in Washington County on the Albemarle-Pamlico Peninsula between the Albemarle Sound and the Pamlico Sound. The easternmost part of the lake extends...
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    point of Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge by going west into the Pamlico Sound and then parallel an area of the Hatteras Island that is prone to coastal...
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    Beach-Chesapeake, VA-NC Combined Statistical Area. Because it includes much of Pamlico Sound, Dare County is the largest county in North Carolina by total area,...
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  • companies since inception across two funds. The firm is named for the Pamlico Sound, which is located in North Carolina. Among the firm's notable investments...
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  • South River (Neuse River estuary) (category Tributaries of Pamlico Sound)
    empties into the estuary of the Neuse River near its entrance into Pamlico Sound. The town of South River sits on western side near its mouth. List of...
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    above its exit into Pamlico Sound. The river is broad in this vicinity, and is deep enough that vessels that can navigate the sound can also ply the river...
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  • East" region of North Carolina, which encompasses the Outer Banks and Pamlico Sound—specifically Ocracoke, Atlantic, Davis, Sea Level, and Harkers Island...
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  • Mississippi Sound in Mississippi and Alabama Nantucket Sound off Nantucket, Massachusetts Norton Sound in Alaska Ossabaw Sound near Savannah, Georgia Pamlico Sound...
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    Neuse River (category Tributaries of Pamlico Sound)
    a river rising in the Piedmont of North Carolina and emptying into Pamlico Sound below New Bern. Its total length is approximately 275 miles (443 km)...
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    Raritan Bay Sandy Hook Bay Delaware Bay Chesapeake Bay Albemarle Sound Pamlico Sound American Mediterranean Sea Gulf of Mexico Florida Bay Tampa Bay Charlotte...
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    produced by Florence pushed a storm surge onto the western shores of Pamlico Sound and the Atlantic-facing coasts of North Carolina. The highest levels...
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    not include "lagoon" in their common names. Currituck, Albemarle and Pamlico Sounds in North Carolina, Great South Bay between Long Island and the barrier...
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    result in the largest surf available on the East Coast. On the protected Pamlico Sound side of the island, watersports such as windsurfing, kayaking, kiteboarding...
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  • 35.83750; -75.69722 Croatan Sound is an inlet in Dare County, North Carolina. It connects Pamlico Sound with Albemarle Sound, and is bordered to the east...
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