but placement by geomorphic features corresponding to current maps indicates 

 that the latitude is actually 36°14'-15'. This is most likely the inlet known 

 as Carthys and Caffeys (and perhaps South in 1861 maps). 



19. South Inlet at latitude 36°16'-18'. Dunbar (1958, p 138) makes two 

 references to South Inlet (1830, 1833); he states that the inlet had actually 

 closed by the referenced time and was "...probably an example of cartographic 

 perpetuation of a feature no longer in existence." He gives no reason for the 

 change in name from Caffeys to South Inlet, though he considers them to be at 

 the same location. 



20. South Inlet appears at approximately 36°l6'-17' on the 1861 maps 

 that dimming (1966) considered during his study. It is probably not signifi- 

 cant that South Inlet appears on the Bachman map because the map is inaccurate. 

 Colton also shows South Inlet on his 1861 map, but it is quite possible that 

 all inlets on his map should be shifted to the north by approximately 5' of 

 latitude; if South Inlet were shifted northward, it could be considered part 



of the Currituck Inlet system found between 36°26'-27' at that time. South 

 Inlet is shown in Figure 9, but it may not represent a single event at that 

 location. 



21. Trinity Harbor Inlet at latitude 36°12' . Dunbar (1958, p 216) 

 placed Trinity Harbor (1585-?) at approximately 36°13' and regarded it as the 

 precursor to Carthys Inlet, now the site of Caffeys Inlet Coast Guard Station, 

 which was open from at least 1798 to 1811. Interestingly, Dunbar's location 

 of Caffeys Inlet is 1 ' -2 ' south of the large flood-tidal delta sequence at a 

 narrow section of the barrier beach mentioned in paragraph 17. 



22. Fisher (1962, p 110) discussed the location of Trinity Harbor and 

 concluded that Dunbar's assumption of its location was incorrect because it 

 would be unusual for an inlet to open on the site of an earlier inlet. He 

 goes on to say that Trinity Harbor was most likely located further to the 

 north at 36°17' where there is a relict inlet feature (presently called 

 Beasley Bay) . 



23. The White-DeBry map of 1590 (Figure 9) shows Trinity Harbor to be 

 north of the wide Kitty Hawk/Southern Shores feature, directly east of a small 

 embayment and just south of an unnamed inlet with associated islands. Close 

 examination of this 1590 map and comparison with current maps suggests that a 

 location of 36°11'-12' is more accurate; Fisher's placement to the north by 

 almost 5' of latitude seems to be based almost entirely on the relict inlet 



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