Croatan Sound

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Croatan Sound is a shallow, brackish waterway in eastern North Carolina that separates Roanoke Island from the mainland and forms part of the region’s interconnected sounds and estuaries.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Croatan Sound canonical 4
Roanoke Sound 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf estuarine waterway
sound
adjacentTo Dare County mainland
Roanoke Island NERFINISHED
connectedTo Albemarle Sound NERFINISHED
Pamlico Sound NERFINISHED
Roanoke Sound NERFINISHED
country United States of America
surface form: United States
crossedBy Virginia Dare Memorial Bridge NERFINISHED
William B. Umstead Bridge NERFINISHED
ecosystemType estuary
formsPartOf interconnected sounds and estuaries of eastern North Carolina
hasAverageDepth shallow
hasEnvironmentalConcern habitat conservation
water quality
hasPrimaryLanguageRegion English-speaking region
hasRecreation birdwatching
kayaking
hasSalinity brackish
hasShorelineUse conservation areas
marinas
residential areas
hasWaterBodyType coastal lagoon-like sound
hasWildlifeHabitat fish
shellfish
waterfowl
historicalSignificance near site of Roanoke Colony
influencedBy Atlantic Ocean NERFINISHED
freshwater inflow
tides
locatedIn Dare County, North Carolina NERFINISHED
North Carolina
eastern North Carolina
locatedNear Manteo, North Carolina NERFINISHED
locatedOnCoastOf Atlantic coast of the United States NERFINISHED
partOf Albemarle-Pamlico Sound system NERFINISHED
Albemarle-Pamlico estuarine system NERFINISHED
North Carolina sounds
Outer Banks region NERFINISHED
separates North Carolina mainland
Roanoke Island NERFINISHED
usedFor boating
commercial fishing
recreational fishing
waterType brackish water

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Croatan National Forest borderedBy Croatan Sound
Pamlico Sound connectedTo Croatan Sound
Albemarle Sound outflow Croatan Sound
this entity surface form: Roanoke Sound
Albemarle Sound outflow Croatan Sound