Gazetteer
| Place | Description | 
|---|---|
| Shell Island | 
 NE Carteret County in Core Sound between Wainwright Island and Core Banks. Named as early as the Moseley map, 1733. See also Hunting Quarter Sound.  | 
              
| Shell Knob | 
 on the Buncombe-Henderson county line NE of Glady Fork Gap. Alt. approx. 4,020.  | 
              
| Shell Point | 
 the SE point of Harkers Island in SE Carteret County. Mound of shells, apparently left by Indians, gave the point its name. Indian remains have been found there.  | 
              
| Shell Ridge | 
 NE Mitchell County between Blevins Branch and Broad Branch.  | 
              
| Shell Rock Channel | 
 SE Onslow County, flows S out of Bear Inlet.  | 
              
| Shell Stand Creek | 
 rises in E Graham County and flows NE into Panther Creek.  | 
              
| Shellback Island | 
 a tidal-marsh island in the Cape Fear River opposite Southport, SE Brunswick County.  | 
              
| Shellbank Point | 
 peninsula extending from the W shore of N Bodie Island into Kitty Hawk Bay and Currituck Sound, NW Dare County. Named for mound of shells found at the site by early settlers.  | 
              
| Shelley Branch | 
 rises in NW Nash County and flows SE into Sandy Creek.  | 
              
| Shelly Point | 
 extends from the mainland of SW Carteret County into Bogue Sound.  |