Big Island

Big Island is an island in Dare, North Carolina. Big Island is situated nearby to the village Wanchese, as well as near the locality Baumtown.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wanchese and Manteo.

Wanchese

Village

Photo: Morgan Riley, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Wanchese is a census-designated place on Roanoke Island in Dare County, North Carolina, United States. It was named after Wanchese, the last known ruler of the Roanoke Native American tribe encountered by English colonists in the sixteenth century.

Manteo

Photo: Morgan Riley, CC BY 3.0.

Manteo is a town in the Outer Banks of North Carolina. Much of the fun in visiting Manteo, as with most of the Outer Banks, is visiting during the summer.

Big Island

Type: Island
Categories: locality and landform
Location: Dare, North Carolina, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

35.82517° or 35° 49′ 31″ north

Longitude

-75.65434° or 75° 39′ 16″ west

Elevation

10 feet (3 metres)

Open location code

8776R8GW+37

OpenStreetMap ID

node 357797131

OpenStreetMap feature

place=island

GeoNames ID

4455755

Wikidata ID

Q32841376

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

“Big Island” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Big Island”

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Localities in the Area

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