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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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″ northLongitude
-75.61351° or 75° 36′ 49″ westOpen location code
8776W96P+GHOpenStreetMap ID
node 357768781OpenStreetMap feature
place=islandGeoNames ID
4455836Wikidata ID
Q32841583
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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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