Albemarle-Pamlico Peninsula

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Peninsula in North Carolina, United States

Albemarle-Pamlico Peninsula

Peninsula

Albemarle-Pamlico Peninsula is the largest peninsula on the North Carolina seacoast (right) and includes 5 counties.

Country| United States
State| North Carolina
Region| Outer Banks
Area

• Total

| 1,200 sq mi (3,200 km2)

Albemarle-Pamlico Peninsula is a large peninsula (about 3,200 square miles) on the North Carolina coast, lying between the Albemarle Sound to the north and the Pamlico Sound to the south. The 5 counties of Dare, Hyde, Beaufort, Tyrrell, and Washington all lie wholly or partly on the peninsula.

Much of the peninsula is covered with marshland.[1] It is a low-lying area; the majority of the peninsular is less than 4 metres (13 ft) above sea level.[2] The pocosin marshlands of the Albemarle-Pamlico peninsula drain into the Alligator River, an important link in the intracoastal waterway.

Forty four percent of the peninsula is owned by timber companies, and another twenty one percent of the peninsula is owned by agricultural corporations.[citation needed] This led to a great deal of deforestation on the peninsula in the 1980s, to the extent that only one third of the peninsula's pocosin marshlands continue to exist in their unaltered form. Soybeans, corn, pines, cattle, and hogs were all raised on the peninsula. Many of the larger farms have gone bankrupt, but some pine farms continue to exist on the peninsula.

## Ecology

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The peninsula is sounded by the Albemarle, Croatan, and Pamlico Sounds.[2] It is the second largest estuary complex in the United States.

The peninsula is made up of wildlife preserves, agricultural lands, and both federal- and state-owned preserves.[2] It previously contained over 500,000 acres of Atlantic white cedar forest; less than 5% of this remains due to farming and drainage of the area that began with European colonization in the 1700s.[3]

### Climate change

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Sea levels in the Albemarle-Pamlico Peninsula are rising at twice the rate of the national average.[4] As of 2023[update], salinity levels have more than doubled in some areas since the 1980s.[4]

In 2009, the North Carolina chapter of the Nature Conservancy began a project to address the rising salinity levels in wetlands on the Albemarle-Pamlico peninsula. This included plugging agricultural canals and updating antiquated water control infrastructure.[5]

## Towns and cities

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* Bath
* Belhaven
* Columbia
* Creswell
* Engelhard
* Fairfield
* Manns Harbor
* Pantego
* Plymouth
* Roper
* Swan Quarter

## References

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1. ^ Smith, Robin (2022-01-25). "Finding the Tipping Point for Coastal Wetlands". Duke University | Research Blog. Retrieved 2025-01-02.
2. ^ a b c Anderson, Steven M.; Ury, Emily A.; Taillie, Paul J.; Ungberg, Eric A.; Moorman, Christopher E.; Poulter, Benjamin; Ardón, Marcelo; Bernhardt, Emily S.; Wright, Justin P. (2022). "Salinity thresholds for understory plants in coastal wetlands". Plant Ecology. 223 (3): 323–337\. doi:10.1007/s11258-021-01209-2. ISSN 1385-0237.323-337&rft.date=2022&rft_id=info:doi/10.1007/s11258-021-01209-2&rft.issn=1385-0237&rft.aulast=Anderson&rft.aufirst=Steven+M.&rft.au=Ury,+Emily+A.&rft.au=Taillie,+Paul+J.&rft.au=Ungberg,+Eric+A.&rft.au=Moorman,+Christopher+E.&rft.au=Poulter,+Benjamin&rft.au=Ardón,+Marcelo&rft.au=Bernhardt,+Emily+S.&rft.au=Wright,+Justin+P.&rft_id=https://link.springer.com/10.1007/s11258-021-01209-2&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Albemarle-Pamlico+Peninsula" class="Z3988">
3. ^ "Atlantic White Cedar Restoration on the Albemarle-Pamlico Peninsula". North Carolina Coastal Federation. Retrieved 2025-01-02.
4. ^ a b Jones, Sam (2023-04-17). "Climate Change Brings the Tide to Farmers' Doorsteps". CALS Magazine. Retrieved 2025-01-02.
5. ^ "Southeast Aquatic Resources Partnership (SARP)". southeastaquatics.net. Retrieved 2025-01-02.

## External links

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* Albemarle-Pamlico National Estuary Partnership
* Where is the Albemarle-Pamlico Peninsula \- Dare County (map) lies out on the far tip of the peninsula.
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* Bodie Island
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Nags Head Woods Preserve
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University of North Carolina - Coastal Studies Institute

Other
Mountains-to-Sea Trail
Pine Island Audubon Sanctuary
Fort Raleigh National Historic Site
Wright Brothers National Memorial
Currituck Banks North Carolina National Estuarine Research Reserve
Run Hill State Natural Area

Wildlife
Banker horse
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Transportation|

Routes
Historic Albemarle Tour
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Roanoke Colony
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People
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Weather|

* 1936 Outer Banks hurricane
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