Big Penguin Island

Big Penguin Island is an island in Dare, North Carolina. Big Penguin Island is situated nearby to the neighborhood Lone Cedar Village, as well as near Whalebone.

Places of Interest

Highlights include The Outer Banks Hospital.

The Outer Banks Hospital

Hospital

Photo: Packer1028, CC0.

The Outer Banks Hospital is a critical access hospital located in Nags Head, Dare County on the Outer Banks. It is 60%/40% partnership of the ECU Health and Chesapeake Regional Healthcare.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nags Head and Manteo.

Nags Head

Photo: James Willamor, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Nags Head is a city on the Outer Banks. Legend has it that the names comes from when pirates used to put a lantern around a horse's neck and walk along the beach.

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.

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. Wanchese is situated 5 miles south of Big Penguin Island.

Big Penguin Island

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

35.91128° or 35° 54′ 41″ north

Longitude

-75.61351° or 75° 36′ 49″ west

Open location code

8776W96P+GH

OpenStreetMap ID

node 357768781

OpenStreetMap feature

place=island

GeoNames ID

4455836

Wikidata ID

Q32841583

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

“Big Penguin Island” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Big Penguin Island”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Lone Cedar Village and Whalebone.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Little Penguin Island and Penguins Islands.

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