Smith Island

Smith Island is an islet in Dare, North Carolina. Smith Island is situated nearby to the village Wanchese, as well as near the locality Baumtown.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wanchese.

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 north of Smith Island.

Smith Island

Type: Islet
Categories: wetland, locality, and landform
Location: Dare, North Carolina, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

35.80436° or 35° 48′ 16″ north

Longitude

-75.62082° or 75° 37′ 15″ west

Elevation

7 feet (2 metres)

Open location code

8776R93H+PM

OpenStreetMap ID

way 41653600

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wetland

OpenStreetMap feature

place=islet

GeoNames ID

4492130

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