Croatan Sound
Croatan Sound is an inlet in Dare County, North Carolina. It connects Pamlico Sound with Albemarle Sound, and is bordered to the east by Roanoke Island; Roanoke Sound is on the other side of the island.- Type: Bay
- Description: inlet on the North Carolina coast
- Also known as: “Croetan Sound”, “Occam”, and “The Narrows”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Manns Harbor and Manteo.
Manns Harbor
Village
Manteo
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
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.
Croatan Sound
- Categories: landform and body of water
- Location: Dare, North Carolina, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
35.85761° or 35° 51′ 27″ north
Longitude
-75.70644° or 75° 42′ 23″ west
Open location code
8776V75V+2C
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bay
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
Discover Croatan Sound from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Belarusian to Spanish—“Croatan Sound” goes by many names.
- Belarusian: “Краатанскі заліў”
- Cebuano: “Croatan Sound”
- Spanish: “Sonido Croatan”
- “Croatan Sound”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Baumtown and California.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Coastal Studies Institute and Bowser Family Cemetery.
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