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Albemarle Sound

Albemarle Sound is a large estuary on the coast of in the United States located at the confluence of a group of rivers, including the and .
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  • Type: Bay
  • Description: estuary on the coast of North Carolina, United States
  • Also known as: “Albemale Detroit”, “Albemarle River”, “Albemartle Sound”, “Carolina River”, “Roanoke Sound”, and “Sea of Rawnoke”

Albemarle Sound

Latitude
36.05021° or 36° 3′ 1″ north
Longitude
-76.08238° or 76° 4′ 57″ west
Open location code
87853W29+32
Open­Street­Map ID
node 10301245008
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­bay
Geo­Names ID
4452317
Wiki­data ID
Q1441345
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Satellite Map

Discover Albemarle Sound from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Turkish—“Albemarle Sound” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Ալբեմարլի ծոց”
  • Catalan: “ansa Albemarle”
  • Catalan: “Ansa Albemarle”
  • Cebuano: “Albemarle Sound”
  • Chinese: “奧伯馬峽灣”
  • Chinese: “阿尔伯马尔湾”
  • Chinese: “阿爾伯馬爾灣”
  • Dutch: “Albemarle Sound”
  • French: “Baie d’Albemarle”
  • German: “Albemarle Sound”
  • Hebrew: “מפרץ אלבמארל”
  • Italian: “Albemarle Sound”
  • Japanese: “アルベマール湾”
  • Polish: “Albemarle Sound”
  • Portuguese: “Albemarle Sound”
  • Russian: “Албемарл (залив)”
  • Russian: “Албемарл-саунд”
  • Russian: “Албемарл”
  • Slovenian: “Albemarle Sound”
  • Spanish: “Albemarle Sound”
  • Spanish: “Sonido Albemarle”
  • Turkish: “Albemarle Boğazı”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Palmetto Point and Alligator Chapel.

North Carolina: Must-Visit Destinations

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Albemarle Sound”. Photo: southernfoodwaysalliance, CC BY 2.0.