Roanoke River
The Roanoke River runs 410 miles long through southern Virginia and northeastern North Carolina in the United States. A major river of the southeastern United States, it drains a largely rural area of the coastal plain from the eastern edge of the Appalachian Mountains southeast across the Piedmont to Albemarle Sound.
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Virginia and North Carolina, United States
- Also known as: “Hocomawanach”, “Hocomawananck River”, “Konentcheneke”, “Korenoke River”, “Morattico River”, “Moratuc River”, “Moratuck”, “Noratake River”, “Occaneechi River”, “reka Roanoke”, “reka Stauton”, “River of Death”, “Roanoak River”, “Roanoake River”, “Roanok River”, “Roanoke (řeka)”, “Roanoke rivier”, “Rorenock River”, “Rorenoek River”, “Runoke River”, “Shawan River”, “Staunton River”, “Stauntons River”, “Stauton”, and “Ռոանոկ գետ”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Plymouth.
Roanoke River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Bertie, North Carolina, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
35.94238° or 35° 56′ 33″ north
Longitude
-76.69494° or 76° 41′ 42″ west
Open location code
8775W8R4+X2
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Roanoke River” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “نهر رونوك”
- Armenian: “Ռոանոկ”
- Asturian: “Ríu Roanoke”
- Belarusian: “Роанак (рака)”
- Belarusian: “Роанак”
- Bulgarian: “Роаноук (река)”
- Bulgarian: “Роаноук”
- Catalan: “Roanoke”
- Cebuano: “Roanoke River”
- Chinese: “罗阿诺克河”
- Chuvash: “Роанок”
- Czech: “Roanoke”
- Danish: “Roanoke River”
- Dutch: “Roanoke”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر روانوك”
- French: “Roanoke”
- German: “Roanoke River”
- Irish: “Abhainn Roanoke”
- Italian: “Roanoke”
- Japanese: “ロアノーク川”
- Kirghiz: “Роанок”
- Korean: “로어노크강”
- Lithuanian: “Roanokas”
- Mingrelian: “როანოკი (წყარმალუ)”
- Mingrelian: “როანოკი”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Roanoke”
- Norwegian: “Roanoke”
- Piemontese: “Roanoke (fium)”
- Piemontese: “Roanoke”
- Polish: “Roanoke”
- Portuguese: “Rio Roanoke”
- Russian: “Роанок”
- Slovenian: “Roanoke”
- South Azerbaijani: “روانوکه چایی”
- Spanish: “Río Roanoke”
- Swedish: “Roanoke River”
- Ukrainian: “Роанок (річка)”
- Ukrainian: “Роанок”
- Venetian: “Roanoke”
- Welsh: “Afon Roanoke”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Elmwood and Westover.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Louse Island and Rice Island.
North Carolina: Must-Visit Destinations
Worth a closer look: Charlotte and Raleigh.
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