East to West :
Fort Macon /   Atlantic Beach/
 Pine Knoll Shores/ Salter Path / Indian Beach and Emerald Isle are all part of the island of Bogue Banks, a 21 mile long barrier island at the   southern point of the NC Outer Banks, thus "The Southern Outer Banks or as we call it SOBX.

A causeway bridge accesses the East onto Atlantic Beach from Hwy 70 in Morehead City..and the West onto Emerald Isle from Cape Carteret
(Hwy 58 and Hwy 24 intersection.)

As North Carolina's Crystal  Coast, this beautiful  Island located on the Atlantic Ocean offers sandy beaches on the north shoreline and the Intercoastal Waterway and Bogue Sound on the other.

Carteret  County includes Bogue banks and Cape Lookout.