Core Sound

The Core Sound is a large and shallow body of water in eastern North Carolina located between the mainland of Carteret County and Core Banks, part of the Outer Banks of North Carolina, located west of the Atlantic Ocean and north of Bogue Sound. Pamlico Sound is located to the north and east.

The Outer Banks of North Carolina

Landforms	Bodie Island Roanoke Island Pea Island Little Hatteras Island Hatteras Island Cape Hatteras Ocracoke Island Portsmouth Island Core Banks Cape Lookout

Places	Currituck County Dare County Hyde County Carteret County Carova Beach Corolla Duck Southern Shores Kitty Hawk Kill Devil Hills Nags Head Manteo Wanchese Rodanthe Waves Salvo Avon Buxton Frisco Hatteras Ocracoke Portsmouth

Waterways	Atlantic Ocean Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway Currituck Sound Albemarle Sound Croatan Sound Roanoke Sound Oregon Inlet Pamlico Sound Hatteras Inlet Onslow Bay Raleigh Bay Ocracoke Inlet Core Sound Drum Inlet Barden Inlet Back Sound New Inlet Isabel Inlet

Lighthouses	Currituck Beach Light Bodie Island Light Cape Hatteras Light Ocracoke Light Cape Lookout Light

Protected areas	Cape Hatteras National Seashore Cape Lookout National Seashore Fort Raleigh National Historic Site Jockey's Ridge State Park Mountains-to-Sea Trail North Carolina Aquarium on Roanoke Island Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge Wright Brothers National Memorial

Transportation	North Carolina Highway 12 U.S. Highway 64 U.S. Route 158 Virginia Dare Memorial Bridge Dare County Regional Airport First Flight Airport Billy Mitchell Airport North Carolina Ferry System

History	Pea Island Life-Saving Station Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station

The Crystal Coast of North Carolina

Landforms	Cape Lookout Harkers Island Core Banks Shackleford Banks Bogue Banks Bear Island

Places	Counties: Carteret County Onslow County Towns/Cities: Beaufort Morehead City Atlantic Beach Pine Knoll Shores Salter Path Indian Beach Emerald Isle Cape Carteret Cedar Point Swansboro

Waterways	Atlantic Ocean Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway Core Sound Bogue Sound

Protected areas	Cape Lookout National Seashore Shackleford Banks Fort Macon State Park North Carolina Aquarium at Pine Knoll Shores Hammocks Beach State Park

Transportation	Highways: U.S. Highway 70 North Carolina Highway 58 North Carolina Highway 24 North Carolina Highway 101 Airports: Michael J. Smith Field Albert J. Ellis Airport Coastal Carolina Regional Airport