feature. In addition to the 1590 and 1606 maps, strong evidence for the 

 existence of Trinity Harbor Inlet at the more southerly location includes: 



a. A channel of 5- to 7-ft depths (where adjacent water depths are 

 2-3 ft on the average) in Currituck Sound (Figure 10) . 



b. Inlet/channel fill sediments recorded (Field 1973) from cores 

 taken when the CERC Field Research Facility was constructed. 



c. A slight westward bulge in the Currituck Sound shoreline which 

 could be the remnant of a reworked flood-tidal delta. 



24. 1657 Comberford map. This map depicts two large unnamed inlets 

 open in the stretch of coast between Currituck Sound and present-day Oregon 

 Inlet. The two inlets extend for the equivalent of at least 5' and 2', re- 

 spectively, of latitude fronting Roanoke Island for most of its length; this 

 is probably a distortion, since earlier and later maps showed much narrower 

 inlets. Placement of both of these class B inlets in Figure 9 (possibly 

 Roanoke and Gunt) at the midpoint of the location listed on the 1657 map is 

 subjective. 



25. Kitty Hawk Bay region at latitude 36°00' to 36°15'. Three distinc- 

 tive features suggest a prehistoric inlet in this region: 



a. A wide "field" of long beach ridges (Figure 11), recurving and 

 ending abruptly to the south at Kitty Hawk Bay, which could 

 have been formed during the migration of an inlet. 



b. Kitty Hawk Bay itself and the narrow section of the barrier 

 island which separates the bay from the Atlantic Ocean. 



c. Collington Island, a large feature composed of both sandy 

 areas and salt marsh, which closely resembles a relict flood- 

 tidal delta. 



Early maps (1585, 1590, and 1606, to name the earliest) delineate this multi- 

 ple feature quite clearly. Therefore, depositional processes that formed the 

 feature were active before 1585, and the area has (approximately) maintained 

 its present configuration through historic time. 



26. Chacandepeco Inlet at latitude 35°16'-17'. In 1923, the North 

 Carolina Fisheries Commission Board (1923, p 17) suggested that an inlet be 

 opened 3 miles north of the Hatteras Lighthouse to increase the fishing poten- 

 tial of Pamilco Sound. This was considered to be an optimum location for an 

 inlet because of (a) the existence of "Cape Channel," a deep channel in 

 Pamlico Sound; (b) the narrowness of the island; and (c) the distance from 

 another major inlet. Previous existence of an inlet, however, was not 

 mentioned. 



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