Back Sound

The Back Sound is a lagoon in eastern North Carolina. Running on an east–west axis, the sound separates Shackleford Banks to the south from the mainland and Harkers Island to the north. At the sound's eastern end lies Cape Lookout and Core Sound, while on the west end lies the Crystal Coast community of Beaufort and Bogue Sound. Barden Inlet at the eastern end, and Beaufort Inlet on the western end connect the sound to Onslow Bay. Much of the islands in the sound are protected as part of the Rachel Carson Estuarine Reserve, set aside for the protection of Banker horses.

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Back Sound
Location
Interactive map of Back Sound

The Back Sound is a lagoon in eastern North Carolina.^[1] Running on an east–west axis, the sound separates Shackleford Banks to the south from the mainland and Harkers Island to the north.^[2] At the sound's eastern end lies Cape Lookout and Core Sound, while on the west end lies the Crystal Coast community of Beaufort and Bogue Sound.^[3] Barden Inlet at the eastern end, and Beaufort Inlet on the western end connect the sound to Onslow Bay. Much of the islands in the sound are protected as part of the Rachel Carson Estuarine Reserve, set aside for the protection of Banker horses.

References

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^ "Geographic Names Information System". edits.nationalmap.gov. Retrieved 2025-10-04.
^ "Chart Locator". www.charts.noaa.gov. Retrieved 2025-10-04.
^ "Maps - Cape Lookout National Seashore (U.S. National Park Service)". www.nps.gov. Retrieved 2025-10-04.

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Landforms	Albemarle-Pamlico Peninsula Beacon Island Bodie Island Cape Hatteras Cape Lookout Colington Island Coquina Beach Core Banks Hatteras Island Knotts Island Mary Island Monkey Island No Ache Island Ocracoke Island Pea Island Portsmouth Island Roanoke Island Shackleford Banks Shelly Island
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Waterways	Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal Atlantic Ocean Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway North River Bays Back Bay Knotts Island Bay Onslow Bay Raleigh Bay Sounds Albemarle Sound Back Sound Core Sound Croatan Sound Currituck Sound Pamlico Sound Roanoke Sound Inlets Barden Inlet Beaufort Inlet Drum Inlet Hatteras Inlet Isabel Inlet New Inlet Ocracoke Inlet Oregon Inlet
Lighthouses	Bodie Island Lighthouse Cape Hatteras Lighthouse Cape Lookout Lighthouse Currituck Beach Light Ocracoke Light
Protected areas and wildlife	National seashores Cape Hatteras National Seashore Cape Lookout National Seashore Wildlife refuges Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge Currituck National Wildlife Refuge Mackay Island National Wildlife Refuge Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge State parks False Cape State Park Jockey's Ridge State Park State coastal reserves Buxton Woods Kitty Hawk Woods Game lands Buxton Woods Game Land Currituck Banks Game Land North River Game Land Roanoke Island Marshes Game Land Preserves Nags Head Woods Preserve Roanoke Island Marshes Preserve Museums, zoos, and institutes Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum North Carolina Aquarium on Roanoke Island University of North Carolina - Coastal Studies Institute Other Currituck Banks North Carolina National Estuarine Research Reserve Fort Raleigh National Historic Site Mountains-to-Sea Trail Pine Island Audubon Sanctuary Roanoke Island Festival Park Run Hill State Natural Area Wright Brothers National Memorial Wildlife Banker horse Red wolf
Transportation	Routes Historic Albemarle Tour North Carolina Ferry System North Carolina Highway 12 Bridges Captain Richard Etheridge Bridge Herbert C. Bonner Bridge Marc Basnight Bridge Melvin R. Daniels Bridge Mid-Currituck Bridge Rodanthe Bridge Virginia Dare Memorial Bridge Washington Baum Bridge William B. Umstead Bridge Wright Memorial Bridge Airports Billy Mitchell Airport Dare County Regional Airport First Flight Airport Ocracoke Island Airport
History	Events and places Battle of the Atlantic Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station Freedmen's Colony of Roanoke Island Graveyard of the Atlantic Hatteras Weather Bureau Station Pea Island Life-Saving Station Roanoke Colony Torpedo Alley Whalehead Club People Marc Basnight Blackbeard Croatan Virginia Dare Richard Grenville Manteo Raleigh Roanoke people Wanchese John White
Weather	1936 Outer Banks hurricane 1945 Outer Banks hurricane Hurricane Helene (1958) Hurricane Fran (1996) Hurricane Isabel (2003) Hurricane Irene (2011) Hurricane Dorian (2019) Hazard mitigation

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