Great Island
Great Island is an islet in Dare, North Carolina. Great Island is situated nearby to the neighborhood Buxton Oaks RV Park, as well as near the hamlet Buxton Landing.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Cape Hatteras Lighthouse.
Cape Hatteras Lighthouse
Photo: Henryhartley, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cape Hatteras Light is a lighthouse located on Hatteras Island in the Outer Banks in the town of Buxton, North Carolina and is part of the Cape Hatteras National Seashore. Cape Hatteras Lighthouse is situated 2 miles south of Great Island.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Buxton and Avon.
Buxton
Hamlet
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Buxton is an unincorporated community and census-designated place on Hatteras Island near Cape Hatteras. It is located in Dare County in the U.S. state of North Carolina.
Avon
Village
Photo: Yeti Hunter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Avon is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Dare County in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 832. Avon is situated 5 miles north of Great Island.
Great Island
- Type: Islet
- Description: island in Dare County, North Carolina, United States of America
- Categories: island, locality, and landform
- Location: Dare, North Carolina, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
35.2798° or 35° 16′ 47″ northLongitude
-75.52186° or 75° 31′ 19″ westElevation
3 feet (1 metre)Open location code
87767FHH+W7OpenStreetMap ID
way 33298917OpenStreetMap feature
place=islet
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
“Great Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Great Island (pulo sa Estados Unidos, North Carolina, Dare County, lat 35,28, long -75,52)”
- Cebuano: “Great Island”
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Localities in the Area
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