# Back Sound

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The '''Back Sound''' is a [lagoon](/source/lagoon) in [eastern](/source/Eastern_North_Carolina) [North Carolina](/source/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](/source/Shackleford_Banks) to the south from the mainland and [Harkers Island](/source/Harkers_Island%2C_North_Carolina) 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](/source/Cape_Lookout_(North_Carolina)) and [Core Sound](/source/Core_Sound), while on the west end lies the [Crystal Coast](/source/Crystal_Coast) community of [Beaufort](/source/Beaufort%2C_North_Carolina) and [Bogue Sound](/source/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](/source/Onslow_Bay).  Much of the islands in the sound are protected as part of the [Rachel Carson Estuarine Reserve](/source/Banker_horse), set aside for the protection of [Banker horse](/source/Banker_horse)s.

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Category:Bodies of water of Carteret County, North Carolina
Category:Sounds (geography) of North Carolina

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