NC Gazetteer

Core Sound

Also known as: Coranine Sound
A sound in Carteret County
… a body of water between the mainland and the Outer Banks extending from Cape Lookout to Pamlico Sound in E Carteret County. Named for the Coranine or Coree Indians who lived in the area. The name Corenines appears on the Comberford map, 1657. The Moll map, 1729, shows Coranine Sound; and the Moseley map, 1773, has Core Sound.