Back Sound

{{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{notability|date=July 2025}} {{infobox body of water | mapframe = yes }} The '''Back Sound''' is a lagoon in eastern North Carolina.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Geographic Names Information System |url=https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/search/names |access-date=2025-10-04 |website=edits.nationalmap.gov}}</ref> Running on an east–west axis, the sound separates Shackleford Banks to the south from the mainland and Harkers Island to the north.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chart Locator |url=https://www.charts.noaa.gov/InteractiveCatalog/nrnc.shtml |access-date=2025-10-04 |website=www.charts.noaa.gov}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Maps - Cape Lookout National Seashore (U.S. National Park Service) |url=https://www.nps.gov/calo/planyourvisit/maps.htm |access-date=2025-10-04 |website=www.nps.gov |language=en}}</ref> 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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Category:Bodies of water of Carteret County, North Carolina Category:Sounds (geography) of North Carolina