Pamlico Sound is a unique body of water, the largest sound on the east coast. Its water varies from brackish on the western end to full salt on the eastern edge.
The sound is approximately 80 miles long, behind around Hyde and Dare counties from the ICW to Roanoke Island. Its width varies, but it is generally around 20 miles. The sound is not deep; GMCO’s Chartbook of North Carolina showed the deepest water to be 26 feet at a spot at the entrance to Rose Bay.
The narrow, barrier islands of the Outer Banks, from Bodie Island to Portsmouth Island, are the eastern border of sound and separate it from the Atlantic Ocean. The sound is fed from inland by the Pamlico,Tar and Neuse rivers. Several smaller rivers and numerous creeks also feed into these rivers and directly into the sound.
Pamlico Sound connects to Roanoke and Croatan sounds to the north and Core Sound to the south.
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