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The land portion of Hampton Roads is divided into two regions, the Peninsula, on the north side, and South Hampton Roads, on the south side, where most of the area's population lives.

Locally, South Hampton Roads is commonly called the Southside (not to be confused with Southside Virginia, which is a separate region of the south central portion of Virginia located farther inland).

The South Hampton Roads region includes five independent cities Chesapeake, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Suffolk, and Virginia Beach, and the counties of Surry and Isle of Wight, where the town of Smithfield is located.

Generally surrounded by water, the region is accessed from the north by a network of highways, bridges, and tunnels across the James River, Hampton Roads and the Chesapeake Bay. The area is bordered on the east by the Atlantic OceanFor other uses, see Atlantic (disambiguation The Atlantic Ocean is Earth's second-largest ocean, covering approximately one-fifth of its surface. The ocean's name, derived from Greek mythology, means the " Sea of Atlas". This ocean occupies an elongated,, and on the south by North CarolinaNorth Carolina is a southern state in the United States. North Carolina is one of the thirteen colonies that revolted against British rule in the American Revolution. It is bordered by South Carolina on the south, Georgia on the southwest, Tennessee on th.

South Hampton Roads is home to several large and important facilities of the US Navy.

See Also

• Interstate 64Interstate 64 is an interstate highway in the eastern United States. Its western terminus is just west of an interchange with Missouri Highway K in St. Charles County, Missouri; its eastern terminus is at an intersection with Interstate 264 and Interstate
• Hampton Roads BeltwayHampton Roads Beltway is a loop of Interstate 64 and Interstate 664 highways which link the communities of the Virginia Peninsula and South Hampton Roads which surround the body of water known as Hampton Roads in the southeastern portion of Virginia in th
• Hampton Roads Bridge-TunnelHampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel (HRBT is the 3. 5-mile-long Hampton Roads crossing for Interstate 64. It is a four-lane facility comprised of bridges, trestles, manmade islands, and tunnels under the main shipping channels for Hampton Roads harbor in the sout
• Monitor-Merrimac Memorial Bridge-TunnelMonitor-Merrimac Memorial Bridge-Tunnel (MMMBT is the 4. 6 mile-long Hampton Roads crossing for Interstate 664. It is a four-lane facility comprised of bridges, trestles, manmade islands, and tunnels under portion of the Hampton Roads harbor where the Jam
• Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel
• Sewell's PointSewell's Point is a peninsula of land in the independent City of Norfolk, Virginia in the United States, located at the mouth of the salt-water port of Hampton Roads. Sewell's Point is bordered by water on three sides, with Willoughby Bay to the north, Ha
• Battle of Hampton Roads
• Jamestown Exposition
• Norfolk Naval Shipyard
• Norfolk Navy Base
• Oceana Naval Air Station