# Currituck Sound > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Currituck_Sound > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Currituck_Sound.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Currituck_Sound > Source revision: 1334833440 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Lagoon in North Carolina and Virginia Currituck Sound Location Interactive map of Currituck Sound Map of northeastern [North Carolina](/source/North_Carolina) and southeastern [Virginia](/source/Virginia) showing Currituck Sound **Currituck Sound** ([/ˈkʊrɪtʌk/](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/English))[1] is a [lagoon](/source/Lagoon) located in northeastern part of [North Carolina](/source/North_Carolina) and extreme southeastern [Virginia](/source/Virginia). 36 miles (58 km) long north-south and 8 miles (13 km) at its widest,[2] this shallow, island-filled sound is separated from the [Atlantic Ocean](/source/Atlantic_Ocean) by the Currituck Banks Peninsula (formerly [Bodie Island](/source/Bodie_Island)), part of the [Outer Banks](/source/Outer_Banks). On the northeast, it extends to Back Bay in southeast [Virginia Beach, Virginia](/source/Virginia_Beach%2C_Virginia). A fork on the northwest leads to the [Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal](/source/Albemarle_and_Chesapeake_Canal), which is a part of the [Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway](/source/Atlantic_Intracoastal_Waterway) that connects the sound to [Hampton Roads](/source/Hampton_Roads) and the [Chesapeake Bay](/source/Chesapeake_Bay). It ranges from 1 to 3 feet deep.[3] Although several inlets connected it directly to the Atlantic at one time or another, they have all since closed and there is now no direct access to the Ocean from the Sound. Thus contemporary salinity levels are very low, usually around 2-3[‰](/source/Per_mille) at the north end and 4-5‰ at the sound.[2] Currently, the only access to the ocean is through the [Albemarle Sound](/source/Albemarle_Sound), which joins the Currituck to the South, meaning that the sound has no lunar or solar tides. Instead, wind is the major force that moves water.[2][3] [Currituck County](/source/Currituck_County%2C_North_Carolina)'s [Mackay Island](/source/Mackay_Island_National_Wildlife_Refuge) and [Currituck National Wildlife Refuge](/source/Currituck_National_Wildlife_Refuge) as well as [Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge](/source/Back_Bay_National_Wildlife_Refuge) and [False Cape State Park](/source/False_Cape_State_Park) in [Virginia Beach](/source/Virginia_Beach) border the sound and are winter habitats on the [Atlantic Flyway](/source/Atlantic_Flyway). Many watersports activities occur in the sound, including [parasailing](/source/Parasailing), [sea kayaking](/source/Sea_kayak), and [jet skiing](/source/Personal_water_craft). An area of [barrier beaches](/source/Barrier_island), it is also noted for its duck and goose hunting. ## See also - [Carova Beach, North Carolina](/source/Carova_Beach%2C_North_Carolina) - [Corolla, North Carolina](/source/Corolla%2C_North_Carolina) - [Currituck, North Carolina](/source/Currituck%2C_North_Carolina) - [Duck, North Carolina](/source/Duck%2C_North_Carolina) - [Knotts Island, North Carolina](/source/Knotts_Island%2C_North_Carolina) - [Monkey Island, North Carolina](/source/Monkey_Island%2C_North_Carolina) - [Point Harbor, North Carolina](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Point_Harbor,_North_Carolina&action=edit&redlink=1) - [Sandbridge, Virginia](/source/Sandbridge%2C_Virginia_Beach%2C_Virginia) - [USS Currituck (AV-7)](/source/USS_Currituck_(AV-7)), a World War II era seaplane tender named for the Currituck Sound ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-North_Carolina_Collection_1-0)** [Talk Like A Tarheel](http://www.lib.unc.edu/ncc/ref/resources/tlth.html) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20130622041633/http://www.lib.unc.edu/ncc/ref/resources/tlth.html) June 22, 2013, at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine), from the North Carolina Collection's website at the [University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill](/source/University_of_North_Carolina_at_Chapel_Hill). Retrieved February 5, 2013. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-:0_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-:0_2-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-:0_2-2) Moran, Kelli L.; Mallinson, David J.; Culver, Stephen J.; Leorri, Eduardo; Mulligan, Ryan P. (2015). ["Late Holocene Evolution of Currituck Sound, North Carolina, USA: Environmental Change Driven by Sea-Level Rise, Storms, and Barrier Island Morphology"](https://www.jstor.org/stable/43432897). *Journal of Coastal Research*. **31** (4): 827–841. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.2112/JCOASTRES-D-14-00069.1](https://doi.org/10.2112%2FJCOASTRES-D-14-00069.1). [hdl](/source/Hdl_(identifier)):[10342/4096](https://hdl.handle.net/10342%2F4096). [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [0749-0208](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0749-0208). [JSTOR](/source/JSTOR_(identifier)) [43432897](https://www.jstor.org/stable/43432897). [S2CID](/source/S2CID_(identifier)) [130347776](https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:130347776). 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-:1_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-:1_3-1) ["Secrets of Currituck Sound | UNC-TV: Science"](http://science.unctv.org/content/video/secrets-currituck-sound). *science.unctv.org*. Retrieved September 27, 2022. v t e Outer Banks of North Carolina and Virginia Landforms Albemarle-Pamlico Peninsula Beacon Island Bodie Island Cape Hatteras Cape Lookout Colington Island Coquina Beach Core Banks Hatteras Island Knotts Island Mary Island Monkey Island No Ache Island Ocracoke Island Pea Island Portsmouth Island Roanoke Island Shackleford Banks Shelly Island Places City of Virginia Beach Sandbridge Currituck County Carova Beach Corolla Knotts Island Dare County Avon Buxton Colington Duck Frisco Hatteras Kill Devil Hills Kitty Hawk Manteo Nags Head Rodanthe Salvo Southern Shores Wanchese Waves Whalebone Junction Hyde County Ocracoke Carteret County Cape Lookout Village Portsmouth Waterways Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal Atlantic Ocean Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway North River Bays Back Bay Knotts Island Bay Onslow Bay Raleigh Bay Sounds Albemarle Sound Back Sound Core Sound Croatan Sound Currituck Sound Pamlico Sound Roanoke Sound Inlets Barden Inlet Beaufort Inlet Drum Inlet Hatteras Inlet Isabel Inlet New Inlet Ocracoke Inlet Oregon Inlet Lighthouses Bodie Island Lighthouse Cape Hatteras Lighthouse Cape Lookout Lighthouse Currituck Beach Light Ocracoke Light Protected areas and wildlife National seashores Cape Hatteras National Seashore Cape Lookout National Seashore Wildlife refuges Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge Currituck National Wildlife Refuge Mackay Island National Wildlife Refuge Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge State parks False Cape State Park Jockey's Ridge State Park State coastal reserves Buxton Woods Kitty Hawk Woods Game lands Buxton Woods Game Land Currituck Banks Game Land North River Game Land Roanoke Island Marshes Game Land Preserves Nags Head Woods Preserve Roanoke Island Marshes Preserve Museums, zoos, and institutes Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum North Carolina Aquarium on Roanoke Island University of North Carolina - Coastal Studies Institute Other Currituck Banks North Carolina National Estuarine Research Reserve Fort Raleigh National Historic Site Mountains-to-Sea Trail Pine Island Audubon Sanctuary Roanoke Island Festival Park Run Hill State Natural Area Wright Brothers National Memorial Wildlife Banker horse Red wolf Transportation Routes Historic Albemarle Tour North Carolina Ferry System North Carolina Highway 12 Bridges Captain Richard Etheridge Bridge Herbert C. 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Umstead Bridge Wright Memorial Bridge Airports Billy Mitchell Airport Dare County Regional Airport First Flight Airport Ocracoke Island Airport History Events and places Battle of the Atlantic Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station Freedmen's Colony of Roanoke Island Graveyard of the Atlantic Hatteras Weather Bureau Station Pea Island Life-Saving Station Roanoke Colony Torpedo Alley Whalehead Club People Marc Basnight Blackbeard Croatan Virginia Dare Richard Grenville Manteo Raleigh Roanoke people Wanchese John White Weather 1936 Outer Banks hurricane 1945 Outer Banks hurricane Hurricane Helene (1958) Hurricane Fran (1996) Hurricane Isabel (2003) Hurricane Irene (2011) Hurricane Dorian (2019) Hazard mitigation Authority control databases International VIAF National United States Israel Other NARA Yale LUX [36°17′01″N 75°52′14″W / 36.28361°N 75.87056°W / 36.28361; -75.87056](https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Currituck_Sound¶ms=36_17_01_N_75_52_14_W_source:GNIS_scale:500000) This article about a location in Currituck County, North Carolina is a stub. 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