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The Core Sound is a sound in eastern North Carolina located between the mainland of Carteret County and Core Banks, part of the Outer Banks of North Carolina. It lies between the large Pamlico Sound to the northeast and the smaller Back Sound to the west. Several shifting inlets connect the sound to the Atlantic Ocean.
Ballycotton Sound, that separate the islands from the mainland; Aran Islands. North Sound / An Súnda ó Thuaidh (more accurately Bealach Locha Lurgan) lies between Inishmore and Lettermullen, County Galway. Gregory's Sound / Súnda Ghríoghóra (formerly known as Bealach na h-Áite) lies between Inishmore and Inishmaan.
The first Core Sound Waterfowl Festival attracted 1,800 attendees. Later renamed the Core Sound Decoy Festival, the event has attracted over 10,000 tourists to Harkers Island. [19] The Core Sound Waterfowl Museum, operated by a separate board of directors from the Carvers Guild, is a major year-round tourist attraction for the island.
The Core Banks are barrier islands in North Carolina, part of the Cape Lookout National Seashore. Named after the Coree tribe, they extend from Ocracoke Inlet to Cape Lookout , and consist of two low-relief narrow islands, North Core Banks and South Core Banks , and, since September 2011, two smaller islands.
Core Sound 20 Mk 3 cockpit The Core Sound 20 Mark 3 is a recreational keelboat , built predominantly of stitch and glue 6 mm (0.24 in) okume wood , with two unstayed aluminum masts. It has a loose-footed cat ketch rig with wishbone booms , a slightly raked stem , a plumb transom , a transom-hung rudder controlled by a tiller , a self-draining ...
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Marshallberg is located east of the center of Carteret County, bounded on the east by Core Sound, on the south by The Straits, on the west by Sleepy Creek, and on the northeast by Great Marsh Creek. The community of Gloucester is to the west across Sleepy Creek.
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