Outer Banks
The Outer Banks are a chain of long but narrow barrier islands that lie off the coast of North Carolina. Portions of Currituck, Dare and Hyde counties make up the Outer Banks.
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Outer Banks
- Island with 57,800 residents
- …lies at an elevation of 3 feet (1 metre)
- Description: barrier islands in North Carolina, United States
- Also known as“Carolina Banks”“Carolina Outer Banks”“Dare Coast”“North Carolina Banks”“OBX”“The Banks”
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Latitude of center
35.5669° or 35° 34′ 1″ north
Longitude of center
-75.4688° or 75° 28′ 8″ west
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OpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Outer Banks” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “أوتر بانكس”
- Catalan: “Outer Banks”
- Cebuano: “Outer Banks”
- Chinese: “外滩群岛”
- Chinese: “外灘群島”
- Czech: “Outer Banks”
- Dutch: “Outer Banks”
- French: “Outer Banks”
- German: “Outer Banks”
- Hebrew: “אאוטר בנקס”
- Hungarian: “Outer Banks”
- Italian: “Outer Banks”
- Japanese: “OBX”
- Japanese: “アウターバンクス”
- Korean: “OBX”
- Korean: “아우터 뱅크스”
- Korean: “아우터뱅크스”
- Lithuanian: “Išorinės Seklumos”
- Persian: “اوتر بنکس”
- Polish: “Outer Banks”
- Portuguese: “Outer Banks”
- Russian: “Внешние отмели”
- Spanish: “Bancos Externos”
- Spanish: “Outer Banks”
- Turkish: “Outer Banks”
- Ukrainian: “Зовнішні мілини”
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