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Albemarle Sound is a body of generally fresh water on the coast of North Carolina in the United States located at the confluence of a group of rivers, including the Chowan and Roanoke . It is separated from the Atlantic Ocean by the Outer Banks , a long barrier peninsula upon which the town of Kitty Hawk is located, at the eastern edge of the sound. Roanoke Island is situated at the southeastern corner of the sound, where it connects to Pamlico Sound . passenger train crosses the Albemarle Sound Trestle in 1918 ]] The Sound forms part of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway . |