PATH LINE OF 

 INLET MIGRATION 



EAST-WEST DISTANCE, KM 



Figure 39. Relative locations and orientations of the narrowest section of 



Oregon Inlet throat, 1849-1980 (dates given are dates of survey; numbers in 



parentheses are inlet widths in kilometers) 



LEGEND 



• TOTAL AREA 



■ AREA NORTH OF INLET 



AREA SOUTH OF INLET 



OREGON INLET 



1915 1949 1963 19 



SURVEY DATE 



Figure 40. Plan view changes in land area in the 

 vicinity of Oregon Inlet, N. C, 1849-1980 



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