Ocracoke Inlet

E631848

inlet natural water passage

Ocracoke Inlet is a natural water passage in North Carolina’s Outer Banks that provides one of the main navigable connections between the Atlantic Ocean and the inland sounds.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Oregon Inlet	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	inlet ⓘ natural water passage ⓘ
associatedWith	Blackbeard NERFINISHED ⓘ
climateRegion	humid subtropical climate ⓘ
connectsBodyOfWater	Atlantic Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ Hatteras Inlet vicinity ⓘ Ocracoke Channel NERFINISHED ⓘ Pamlico Sound NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
governedBy	State of North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ United States Coast Guard NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasEcosystem	estuarine ecosystem ⓘ
hasFeature	tidal inlet ⓘ
hasFerryRoute	Ocracoke–Cedar Island ferry route vicinity ⓘ Ocracoke–Swan Quarter ferry route vicinity ⓘ
hasHazard	shallow bars ⓘ shifting shoals ⓘ strong currents ⓘ
hasNearbyIsland	Ocracoke Island NERFINISHED ⓘ Portsmouth Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasNearbySettlement	Ocracoke, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasTidalInfluence	Atlantic Ocean tides ⓘ
historicalSignificance	associated with piracy in the 18th century ⓘ early colonial shipping route ⓘ site of shipwrecks ⓘ
isMajorNavigationRoute	true ⓘ
isNavigable	true ⓘ
isOneOfMainConnectionsBetween	Atlantic Ocean and North Carolina inland sounds ⓘ
isSubjectOf	nautical charts by U.S. Coast Guard ⓘ navigation warnings ⓘ
locatedIn	Carteret County, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ Hyde County, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ North Carolina ⓘ Outer Banks NERFINISHED ⓘ Pamlico Sound NERFINISHED ⓘ
near	Teach’s Hole Channel NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Atlantic coastal plain NERFINISHED ⓘ Intracoastal waterways of North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ North Carolina sounds system ⓘ
separates	Ocracoke Island NERFINISHED ⓘ Portsmouth Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
supports	marine fisheries ⓘ migratory birds ⓘ
usedFor	commercial fishing ⓘ ferry transportation ⓘ recreational boating ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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Pamlico Sound → connectedTo → Ocracoke Inlet ⓘ

this entity surface form: Oregon Inlet