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.

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Nearby places include Harkers Island and Beaufort.

Harkers Island

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Harkers Island is a small town of about 1,525 people. It's located in the Crystal Coast region of North Carolina, adjacent to the Crystal Coast. The island, as with the rest of the Core Sound area, has strong historical ties to fishing and waterfowling.

Beaufort

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Beaufort is the easternmost town in the Crystal Coast region of North Carolina; the county seat; and the third-oldest town in the state. Established in 1713 on the Newport River, Beaufort was named after Henry Somerset, the Duke of Beaufort.

Back Sound

Type: Bay
Address: NC
Categories: landform and body of water
Location: Carteret, North Carolina, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

34.68461° or 34° 41′ 5″ north

Longitude

-76.57048° or 76° 34′ 14″ west

Open location code

8765MCMH+RR

OpenStreetMap ID

node 369024954

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=bay

GeoNames ID

4453331

Wikidata ID

Q4839162

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In Other Languages

“Back Sound” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Back Sound”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Back Sound”. Photo: southernfoodwaysalliance, CC BY 2.0.