Roanoke Sound
The Roanoke Sound is a sound that separates Roanoke Island from Bodie Island of the Outer Banks. To the north of the Roanoke Sound lies the Albemarle Sound and to the south lies the Pamlico Sound. One bridge, which carries U.S. Route 64, crosses the sound.
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, 1st Duke of Albemarle. North Carolina's earliest European settlements were established in this area.[1][2]
References
External links
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Roanoke Sound
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Outer Banks of North Carolina and Virginia
- Bodie Island
- Knotts Island
- Monkey Island
- Mary Island
- Colington Island
- Albemarle-Pamlico Peninsula
- Roanoke Island
- Pea Island
- Hatteras Island
- No Ache Island
- Cape Hatteras
- Shelly Island
- Ocracoke Island
- Beacon Island
- Portsmouth Island
- Core Banks
- Cape Lookout
- Bays
- Onslow Bay
- Raleigh Bay
- Back Bay
- Knotts Island Bay
- Sounds
- Currituck Sound
- Albemarle Sound
- Croatan Sound
- Roanoke Sound
- Pamlico Sound
- Core Sound
- Back Sound
- National Seashores
- Cape Hatteras National Seashore
- Cape Lookout National Seashore
- Wildlife Refuges
- Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge
- Mackay Island National Wildlife Refuge
- Currituck National Wildlife Refuge
- Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge
- State Parks
- False Cape State Park
- Jockey's Ridge State Park
- State Coastal Reserves
- Kitty Hawk Woods
- Buxton Woods
- Preserves
- Nags Head Woods Preserve
- Roanoke Island Marshes Preserve
- Museums, zoos, and institutes
- North Carolina Aquarium on Roanoke Island
- Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum
- University of North Carolina - Coastal Studies Institute
- Other
- Mountains-to-Sea Trail
- Pine Island Audubon Sanctuary
- Fort Raleigh National Historic Site
- Wright Brothers National Memorial
- Currituck Banks North Carolina National Estuarine Research Reserve
- Run Hill State Natural Area
- Wildlife
- Banker horse
- Red wolf
- Routes
- North Carolina Highway 12
- North Carolina Highway 45
- U.S. Highway 64
- U.S. Highway 64 Bypass
- U.S. Highway 158
- North Carolina Highway 345
- North Carolina Highway 400
- North Carolina Highway 615
- Historic Albemarle Tour
- North Carolina Ferry System
- Bridges
- Virginia Dare Memorial Bridge
- Marc Basnight Bridge
- Herbert C. Bonner Bridge
- Wright Memorial Bridge
- William B. Umstead Bridge
- Washington Baum Bridge
- Melvin R. Daniels Bridge
- Rodanthe Bridge
- Mid-Currituck Bridge
- Captain Richard Etheridge Bridge
- Events and places
- Pea Island Life-Saving Station
- Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station
- Roanoke Colony
- Graveyard of the Atlantic
- Torpedo Alley
- Battle of the Atlantic
- Hatteras Weather Bureau Station
- Freedmen's Colony of Roanoke Island
- People
- Roanoke people
- Croatan
- Wanchese
- Manteo
- John White
- Richard Grenville
- Blackbeard
- Raleigh
- Virginia Dare
- Marc Basnight
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