Roanoke Island
Roanoke Island is an island in Dare County, bordered by the Outer Banks of North Carolina. It was named after the historical Roanoke, a Carolina Algonquian people who inhabited the area in the 16th century at the time of English colonization.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Pioneer Theater.
Pioneer Theater
Movie theater
Photo: Packer1028, CC0.
Pioneer Theater is a movie theater, which is situated 2 miles northwest of Roanoke Island.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Manteo and Wanchese.
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 3 miles south of Roanoke Island.
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.
Roanoke Island
- Type: Island
- Description: island in Dare County, North Carolina, United States
- Category: landform
- Location: Dare, North Carolina, South, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
Discover Roanoke Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Belarusian to Swedish—“Roanoke Island” goes by many names.
- Belarusian: “Раанок (востраў)”
- Belarusian: “Раанок”
- Catalan: “Illa de Roanoke”
- Cebuano: “Roanoke Island”
- Chinese: “罗阿诺克岛”
- Chinese: “羅亞諾克島”
- Chinese: “羅阿諾克島”
- Dutch: “Roanoke Island”
- Esperanto: “Island”
- Esperanto: “Roanoke Island”
- Esperanto: “Roanoke”
- French: “Île de Roanoke”
- French: “Ile Roanoke”
- French: “île Roanoke”
- French: “Île Roanoke”
- French: “Roanoke Island”
- German: “Roanoke Island”
- Hungarian: “Roanoke sziget”
- Indonesian: “Pulau Roanoke”
- Italian: “isola di Roanoke”
- Italian: “Isola di Roanoke”
- Japanese: “ロアノーク島”
- Korean: “로어노크 섬”
- Korean: “로어노크섬”
- Lithuanian: “Roanoko sala”
- Luxembourgish: “Roanoke Island”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Roanoke-øya”
- Norwegian: “Roanoke-øya”
- Polish: “Roanoke”
- Portuguese: “Ilha de Roanoke”
- Russian: “Роанок”
- Spanish: “Isla de Roanoke”
- Swedish: “Roanoke Island”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Scarboro Point and Ashbee Harbor.
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