Oregon Inlet is a tidal inlet between Bodie Island and Pea Island on the Outer Banks of North Carolina, linking the Atlantic Ocean with Pamlico Sound. The tide is semidiurnal, with a mean range of 0.91 ft (0.28 m) at the Oregon Inlet Marina, NC station.
- Type
- Tidal inlet
- Location
- North Carolina, United States
- Setting
- Between Bodie Island and Pea Island on the Outer Banks of North Carolina, linking the Atlantic Ocean with Pamlico Sound
- Tidal range
- The tide is semidiurnal, with a mean range of 0.91 ft (0.28 m) at the Oregon Inlet Marina, NC station.
- Notable
- The Marc Basnight Bridge, completed in 2019, carries NC Highway 12 across the inlet,replacing the 1963 Bonner Bridge and built to span an inlet whose entrance continually shifts (NCDOT).
