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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Outer Banks of North Carolina and Virginia

Landforms

Bodie Island
Knotts Island
Monkey Island
Mary Island
Colington Island
Albemarle-Pamlico Peninsula
Roanoke Island
Pea Island
Hatteras Island
No Ache Island
Cape Hatteras
Shelly Island
Ocracoke Island
Beacon Island
Portsmouth Island
Core Banks
Cape Lookout

Places

City of Virginia Beach: Sandbridge

Currituck County: Knotts Island; Carova Beach; Corolla

Dare County: Duck; Southern Shores; Kitty Hawk; Kill Devil Hills; Colington; Nags Head; Whalebone Junction; Manteo; Wanchese; Rodanthe; Waves; Salvo; Avon; Buxton; Frisco; Hatteras

Hyde County: Ocracoke

Carteret County: Portsmouth; Cape Lookout Village

Waterways

Bays: Onslow Bay; Raleigh Bay; Back Bay; Knotts Island Bay

Sounds: Currituck Sound; Albemarle Sound; Croatan Sound; Roanoke Sound; Pamlico Sound; Core Sound; Back Sound

Inlets: Oregon Inlet; New Inlet; Isabel Inlet; Hatteras Inlet; Ocracoke Inlet; Drum Inlet; Barden Inlet

Lighthouses

Protected areas and wildlife

National Seashores: Cape Hatteras National Seashore; Cape Lookout National Seashore

Wildlife Refuges: Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge; Mackay Island National Wildlife Refuge; Currituck National Wildlife Refuge; Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge

State Parks: False Cape State Park; Jockey's Ridge State Park

State Coastal Reserves: Kitty Hawk Woods; Buxton Woods

Game Lands: Currituck Banks Game Land; Roanoke Island Marshes Game Land; Buxton Woods Game Land

Preserves: Nags Head Woods Preserve; Roanoke Island Marshes Preserve

Museums, zoos, and institutes: North Carolina Aquarium on Roanoke Island; Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum; University of North Carolina - Coastal Studies Institute

Other: Mountains-to-Sea Trail; Pine Island Audubon Sanctuary; Fort Raleigh National Historic Site; Wright Brothers National Memorial; Currituck Banks North Carolina National Estuarine Research Reserve; Run Hill State Natural Area

Wildlife: Banker horse; Red wolf

Transportation

Routes: North Carolina Highway 12; North Carolina Highway 45; U.S. Highway 64; U.S. Highway 64 Bypass; U.S. Highway 158; North Carolina Highway 345; North Carolina Highway 400; North Carolina Highway 615; Historic Albemarle Tour; North Carolina Ferry System

Bridges: Virginia Dare Memorial Bridge; Marc Basnight Bridge; Herbert C. Bonner Bridge; Wright Memorial Bridge; William B. Umstead Bridge; Washington Baum Bridge; Melvin R. Daniels Bridge; Rodanthe Bridge; Mid-Currituck Bridge; Captain Richard Etheridge Bridge

Airports: Dare County Regional Airport; First Flight Airport; Billy Mitchell Airport; Ocracoke Island Airport

History

Events and places: Pea Island Life-Saving Station; Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station; Roanoke Colony; Graveyard of the Atlantic; Torpedo Alley; Battle of the Atlantic; Hatteras Weather Bureau Station; Freedmen's Colony of Roanoke Island

People: Roanoke people; Croatan; Wanchese; Manteo; John White; Richard Grenville; Blackbeard; Raleigh; Virginia Dare; Marc Basnight

Weather

34°41′05″N 76°34′14″W / 34.68472°N 76.57056°W / 34.68472; -76.57056

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