Outer Banks

A series of barrier islands bordering the ocean along the coast of the Tidewater

• Outer Banks

• The Philippines

• Hawaii

• Rhode Islands

Part of the barrier islands (Outer Banks) that juts out into the ocean

• Continental Shelf

• Cape

• Shoals

• Tidewater

Places where the ocean flows through the Outer Banks towards the mainland

• Sounds

• Inlets

• Shoals

• Capes

Shallow bodies of water between the mainland and the Outer Banks

• Sounds

• Shoals

• Inlets

• Capes

Long sandy islands along the NC coast, like the Outer Banks, are known as ____________.

• Tidewater

• Basins

• Barrier islands

• Inlets

The _________ and _______ are large 

channels of water separating the Outer Banks 

from the mainland.

• Albert Sound

• Albemarle Sound

• Pamlico Sound

• Pamela Sound

These are a long chain of sandy ____________________ off the coast of North Carolina

• bear islands

• barrier islands

The Outer Banks is also made up of a series of _____ which is when land juts out into the ocean.

The Outer Banks are located along the coast of which U.S. state?

• A) Florida

• B) North Carolina

• C) South Carolina

• D) Virginia

Which body of water lies to the east of the Outer Banks?

• A) Gulf of Mexico

• B) Atlantic Ocean

• C) Pacific Ocean

• D) Chesapeake Bay