| Pungo Lake | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Tundra swan in Pungo Lake | |
| Location | Washington County, Hyde County, North Carolina |
| Group | Pocosin lakes |
| Coordinates | 35°42′51″N 76°33′03″W / 35.7140686°N 76.5507567°W |
| Type | Freshwater lake |
| Etymology | Machapunga people |
| Max. depth | 6 ft (1.8 m) |
Pungo Lake is a freshwater lake in Washington County and Hyde County, North Carolina.[1][2] The lake has an area of about 2,800 acres,[3] and is one of the five largest freshwater lakes in the state.[4] It is the smallest of the Pocosin Lakes.[5]
- ^ "Pungo Lake". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved March 26, 2024.
- ^ Powell, William S.; Hill, Michael (2010-06-15). The North Carolina Gazetteer, 2nd Ed: A Dictionary of Tar Heel Places and Their History. Univ of North Carolina Press. p. 424. ISBN 978-0-8078-9829-1.
- ^ Bland, Sam (2012-02-22). "A Wildlife Spectacle at Pungo Lake". Coastal Review. Retrieved 2024-03-08.
- ^ "Lakes | NCpedia". www.ncpedia.org. Retrieved 2024-03-08.
- ^ Sawyer, Roy T. (2010-05-05). America's Wetland: An Environmental and Cultural History of Tidewater Virginia and North Carolina. University of Virginia Press. pp. 108–109. ISBN 978-0-8139-2969-9.