| LC control no. | sh 85096155 |
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| Geographic heading | Outer Banks (N.C.) |
| Geographic subdivision usage | North Carolina--Outer Banks |
| Variant(s) | Banks, The (N.C.) Carolina Banks (N.C.) Carolina Outer Banks (N.C.) Dare Coast (N.C.) North Carolina Banks (N.C.) The Banks (N.C.) |
| See also | Archipelagoes--North Carolina |
| Found in | Columbia gaz. of North Amer., via WWW, Dec. 4, 2003 (Outer Banks or the Banks, E N.C., SE Va., chain of sand barrier isls. and peninsulas paralleling the Atlantic coast enclosing several saltwater bodies called sounds, marked by 3 prominent capes, Cape Hatteras (E), Cape Lookout (SE), and Cape Fear (S). Known for shifting shoals and changing water depths, hazardous to shipping; also vulnerable to hurricanes. Banks are generally 1 mi/1.6 km wide or less) Merriam-Web. geog. dict., c1997 (Outer Banks. Chain of narrow islands and peninsulas off the North Carolina mainland stretching from the Virginia border to Cape Lookout; ab. 175 mi. (280 km.) long) GNIS, Dec. 4, 2003 (Outer Banks, island, N.C., Dare, Currituck, Hyde, and Carteret Co., variant names: Carolina Banks, Carolina Outer Banks, Dare Coast, North Carolina Banks, The Banks. An archipelago (series of islands) and complex barrier island system extending generally southward from the North Carolina-Virginia boundary area to Cape Lookout and then generally westward to Bogue Inlet (q.v.). Some consider the Outer Banks to extend further, but beyond Bogue Inlet, they are mostly offshore marsh islands although barrier islands exist further south in Brunswick County, North Carolina.) GeoNames [algorithmically matched] island; 35°34ʹ01ʺN 075°28ʹ07ʺW |
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