Albemarle SoundArticle Free Pass Albemarle Sound, shallow
coastal inlet of northeastern North Carolina, U.S. Protected
from the Atlantic Ocean by the Outer Banks, it extends (east-
west) for about 50 miles (80 km) and varies in width from 5 to
14 miles (8 to 23 km); nowhere is it deeper than 25 feet (8
metres). It receives the Pasquotank, Alligator, Chowan, and
Roanoke rivers and discharges this flow at its southeastern end
through the Roanoke and Croatan sounds to Pamlico Sound. It is
connected with Chesapeake Bay by the Dismal Swamp Canal, which
traverses the Great Dismal Swamp, and forms part of the
Intracoastal Waterway. Elizabeth City is the chief port.
Explored by Ralph Lane from the Roanoke Island colony in 1586,
Albemarle Sound was first called the Sea of Rawnocke (Roanoke
Sea). It later appeared on maps as Roanoke Sound and Carolina
River before it was renamed for George Monck, 1st duke of
Albemarle. The state’s earliest European settlements were
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