Onslow Bay is an indentation of the

North Carolina North Carolina () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. The state is the 28th largest and 9th-most populous of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, Georgia and ...

coast, between Cape Fear in the south and Cape Lookout in the north. Thirteen

barrier island Barrier islands are coastal landforms and a type of dune system that are exceptionally flat or lumpy areas of sand that form by wave and tidal action parallel to the mainland coast. They usually occur in chains, consisting of anything from ...

s form the shore of the bay. It is part of the open

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and affords no protection from oceanic swells.

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Description of Onslow Bay Coastal Climatology
Bays of North Carolina Bodies of water of Brunswick County, North Carolina Bodies of water of Carteret County, North Carolina {{CarteretCountyNC-geo-stub