LIST OF TABLES 



No. Page 



1 References to Maps and Charts Used to Establish Historic 



Inlet Locations 18 



2 History of Rudee Inlet, Virginia 20 



3 Coastal Structures, Cape Henry to Cape Hatteras 41 



4 Historic Shoreline Surveys, Cape Henry to 



Cape Hatteras, 1847-1980 46 



5 Ocean Shoreline Changes in Virginia West of Cape Henry 59 



6 Ocean Shoreline Changes in Virginia South of Cape Henry 59 



7 Ocean Shoreline Changes in North Carolina North of 



Cape Hatteras 60 



8 Ocean Shoreline Changes West of Cape Hatteras 61 



9 Sound Shoreline Changes, Cape Henry to Cape Hatteras 63 



10 Pamlico Sound Shoreline Changes West of Cape Hatteras 64 



11 Summary of Mean Shoreline Changes, Oceanside 82 



12 Summary of Mean Shoreline Changes, Soundside 82 



13 Combined Ocean- and Soundside Shoreline Changes 85 



LIST OF FIGURES 



1 Location map 10 



2 Cape Hatteras viewed toward the northwest 13 



3 Frontal dune along the Atlantic Ocean side of Hatteras Island. . . 13 



4 Jockey's Ridge at Nags Head, N. C, rises almost 50 m 14 



5 Sand dunes encroaching on cottages and a forest at Kill 



Devil Hills, N. C 14 



6 Pea Island, N. C, viewed south across Oregon Inlet 15 



7 Relic beach ridges at Cape Henry, Va 15 



8 View north across Oregon Inlet 16 



9 Locations of persistent inlets reported open on maps and charts 



between Cape Hatteras and Cape Henry from 1585 to 1980 17 



10 Inlet channel, possible related to the now-closed Trinity Harbor 



Inlet, in Currituck Sound west of the CERC field research 



facility 23 



11 Barrier Island width versus duration of time inlets were open 



after 1585 between Cape Hatteras and Cape Henry 24 



12 Probable site of a large pre-1585 inlet at Kitty Hawk, N. C. . . . 27 



