Onslow Bay

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Onslow Bay is an indentation of the North Carolina coast, between Cape Fear in the south and Cape Lookout in the north. Thirteen barrier islands form the shore of the bay. It is part of the open Atlantic Ocean and affords no protection from oceanic swells.

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Description of Onslow Bay Coastal Climatology

v t e The Outer Banks of North Carolina

Landforms	Bodie Island Roanoke Island Pea Island Little Hatteras Island Hatteras Island Cape Hatteras Ocracoke Island Portsmouth Island Core Banks Cape Lookout

Places	Currituck County Dare County Hyde County Carteret County Carova Beach Corolla Duck Southern Shores Kitty Hawk Kill Devil Hills Nags Head Manteo Wanchese Rodanthe Waves Salvo Avon Buxton Frisco Hatteras Ocracoke Portsmouth

Waterways	Atlantic Ocean Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway Currituck Sound Albemarle Sound Croatan Sound Roanoke Sound Oregon Inlet Pamlico Sound Hatteras Inlet Onslow Bay Raleigh Bay Ocracoke Inlet Core Sound Drum Inlet Barden Inlet Back Sound New Inlet Isabel Inlet

Lighthouses	Currituck Beach Light Bodie Island Light Cape Hatteras Light Ocracoke Light Cape Lookout Light

Protected areas	Cape Hatteras National Seashore Cape Lookout National Seashore Fort Raleigh National Historic Site Jockey's Ridge State Park Mountains-to-Sea Trail North Carolina Aquarium on Roanoke Island Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge Wright Brothers National Memorial

Transportation	North Carolina Highway 12 U.S. Highway 64 U.S. Route 158 Virginia Dare Memorial Bridge Dare County Regional Airport First Flight Airport Billy Mitchell Airport North Carolina Ferry System

History	Pea Island Life-Saving Station Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station

Coordinates: 34°35′54″N 77°12′01″W / 34.5984286°N 77.2002745°W / 34.5984286; -77.2002745

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