Currituck Sound

Map of northeastern North Carolina showing Currituck Sound.

Currituck Sound is a protected inlet of the Atlantic Ocean in northeastern part of North Carolina. Thirty miles N-S and 3–8 miles wide, this shallow, island-filled sound is separated from the ocean by Bodie Island, part of the Outer Banks. On the NE, it extends to the Back Bay in Virginia Beach, Virginia, and a fork on the NW leads to the Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal, a part of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway that connects the sound to Hampton Roads and Chesapeake Bay. It joins Albemarle Sound on the South. Currituck County's Mackay Island and Currituck National Wildlife Refuge as well as Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge in Virginia Beach border the sound and are winter habitats on the Atlantic Flyway. An area of barrier beaches, it is also noted for its duck and goose hunting.

See also

Looking west across Currituck Sound from the Whalehead Club in Corolla, North Carolina.

• Corolla, North Carolina
• Duck, North Carolina
• Knotts Island, North Carolina
• Point Harbor, North Carolina
• USS Currituck (AV-7), a World War II era seaplane tender named for the Currituck Sound

Coordinates: 36°17′01″N 75°52′14″W / 36.28361°N 75.87056°W / 36.28361; -75.87056