New Inlet

New Inlet is an inlet along the Outer Banks of North Carolina joining the Pamlico Sound with the Atlantic Ocean. It had not existed since 1945 ^[1] before Hurricane Irene re-opened the inlet in 2011.

History

New Inlet first opened around 1738, separating Bodie Island from Hatteras Island. When a hurricane opened Oregon Inlet about 11 miles to the north in 1846, the land between New Inlet and Oregon Inlet became known as Pea Island. New Inlet now separated Hatteras Island from Pea Island.

The opening of the wider Oregon Inlet meant less water flowed through New Inlet, and by 1922 the inlet had closed.

In 1933, the inlet, or at least one nearby, briefly reopened after a strong hurricane,^[2] but it closed only a few months later. Pea Island was a contiguous part of Hatteras Island until the passage of Hurricane Irene in August 2011. The storm re-opened New Inlet, once again separating Pea Island from Hatteras Island.^[3] The North Carolina Department of Transportation has erected a temporary road bridge on North Carolina Highway 12 spanning New Inlet.

References

↑ Siceloff, Bruce (2011-08-29). "DOT Engineers Fret About More damage to N.C. 12". Badenton Times. Retrieved 31 October 2012.
↑ "Livelihood of 700 Fisherman Hit by the Storm". Meriden Daily Journal. 1933-09-13. Retrieved 31 October 2012.
↑ Siceloff, Bruce (2011-08-29). "DOT Engineers Fret About More damage to N.C. 12". Badenton Times. Retrieved 31 October 2012.

The Outer Banks of North Carolina

Landforms	Albemarle-Pamlico Peninsula Bodie Island Roanoke Island Pea Island Hatteras Island Cape Hatteras Ocracoke Island Portsmouth Island Core Banks Cape Lookout

Places	Currituck County Dare County Hyde County Carteret County Carova Beach Corolla Duck Southern Shores Kitty Hawk Kill Devil Hills Nags Head Whalebone Junction Manteo Wanchese Rodanthe Waves Salvo Avon Buxton Frisco Hatteras Ocracoke Portsmouth Cape Lookout Village

Waterways	Atlantic Ocean Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway Currituck Sound Albemarle Sound Croatan Sound Roanoke Sound Oregon Inlet Pamlico Sound Hatteras Inlet Onslow Bay Raleigh Bay Ocracoke Inlet Core Sound Drum Inlet Barden Inlet Back Sound New Inlet Isabel Inlet

Lighthouses	Currituck Beach Light Bodie Island Light Cape Hatteras Light Ocracoke Light Cape Lookout Light

Protected areas	Cape Hatteras National Seashore Cape Lookout National Seashore Fort Raleigh National Historic Site Jockey's Ridge State Park Mountains-to-Sea Trail North Carolina Aquarium on Roanoke Island Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge Wright Brothers National Memorial

Transportation	North Carolina Highway 12 U.S. Highway 64 U.S. Route 158 Historic Albemarle Tour Virginia Dare Memorial Bridge Dare County Regional Airport First Flight Airport Billy Mitchell Airport North Carolina Ferry System

History	Pea Island Life-Saving Station Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station

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