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.Popular Destinations
Kitty Hawk
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Kitty Hawk, located on the Outer Banks of North Carolina, consists of a thriving village that has…
Destinations
Nags Head
Photo: James Willamor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Nags Head is a city on the Outer Banks. Legend has it that the names comes from when pirates used to put a lantern around a horse's neck and walk along the beach.
Ocracoke
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Ocracoke Island is one of the barrier islands of the Outer Banks of North Carolina.
Southern Shores
Southern Shores is a town in the Outer Banks of North Carolina.Duck
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Duck is a town in Dare County, North Carolina, United States.
Hatteras
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Hatteras is an unincorporated village and census-designated place in Dare County, North Carolina, United States, on the Outer Banks island of Hatteras, at its extreme southwestern tip.
Corolla
Corolla is an unincorporated community located in Poplar Branch township, Currituck County, North Carolina, United States, along the northern Outer Banks.
Carova
Carova Beach or Carova is an unincorporated community in Currituck County in the extreme northeastern corner of North Carolina, United States.Outer Banks
- Type: Island with 57,800 residents
- Description: barrier islands in North Carolina, USA
- Categories: barrier island and locality
- Location: Dare, North Carolina Coastal Plain, North Carolina, South, United States, North America
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Latitude of centre
35.5669° or 35° 34' 1" northLongitude of centre
-75.4688° or 75° 28' 8" westPopulation
57,800Elevation
1 metre (3 feet)OpenStreetMap ID
node 357813099OpenStreetMap Feature
place=islandGeoNames ID
4483663Wikidata ID
Q1517373Outer Banks Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Arabic: أوتر بانكس
- Catalan: Outer Banks
- Cebuano: Outer Banks
- Chinese: 外滩群岛
- Chinese: 外灘群島
- Dutch: Outer Banks
- English: OBX
- French: Outer Banks
- German: Outer Banks
- Hebrew: אאוטר בנקס
- Hungarian: Outer Banks
- Italian: Outer Banks
- Japanese: アウターバンクス
- Korean: 아우터 뱅크스
- Korean: 아우터뱅크스
- Polish: Outer Banks
- Portuguese: Outer Banks
- Russian: Внешние отмели
- Spanish: Bancos Externos
- Spanish: Outer Banks
- Turkish: Outer Banks
- Ukrainian: Зовнішні мілини
- Carolina Banks
- Carolina Outer Banks
- Dare Coast
- North Carolina Banks
- The Banks
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