Bay Island
Bay Island is a two mile long island situated in the North Great Neck area of Virginia Beach, Virginia. The island is bordered by Long Creek to the north and Broad Bay to the south, both offshoots of the Lynnhaven River, and is connected to the mainland by the West Great Neck Bridge on the western side of the island.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Frank W. Cox High School.
Frank W. Cox High School
School
Photo: UED77, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Frank W. Cox High School is a secondary school located in the Great Neck subdivision of Virginia Beach, Virginia. It was founded in 1961 as the Northeast Junior High School, but upon opening, it was named after a former superintendent of Virginia Beach City Public Schools, Frank Woodard Cox, who led the school division from 1933 to 1968. Frank W. Cox High School is situated 1½ miles south of Bay Island.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chesapeake Beach and London Bridge.
Chesapeake Beach
Hamlet
Chic's Beach, also known as Chesapeake Beach or Chick's Beach, is a small beach in a residential neighborhood running on the east and west sides of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel in Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States. Chesapeake Beach is situated 4 miles west of Bay Island.
London Bridge
Quarter
London Bridge is an unincorporated community within the independent city of Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States. It is located in the area of Great Neck Road and Virginia Beach Boulevard, where Laskin Road begins. London Bridge is situated 4½ miles south of Bay Island.
Bayside
Suburb
Bayside is one of the seven original boroughs created with the city of Virginia Beach, Virginia and was formed in 1963. Bayside lies in northern Virginia Beach in the vicinity of the intersection of U.S. Route 13 and U.S. Route 60. Bayside is situated 4½ miles west of Bay Island.
Bay Island
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: island in Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States
- Categories: island, neighborhood, unincorporated community in the United States, and locality
- Location: Virginia Beach, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
36.90904° or 36° 54′ 33″ northLongitude
-76.04882° or 76° 2′ 56″ westElevation
7 feet (2 metres)Open location code
8785WX52+JFOpenStreetMap ID
node 157611955OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Turkish—“Bay Island” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Bay Island”
- Irish: “Bay Island”
- Persian: “بی آیلند”
- South Azerbaijani: “بای ایسلند”
- Spanish: “Islas de la bahia”
- Turkish: “Bay Adası”
- Turkish: “Bay Island”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Bay Island”. Photo: Anthony Crider, CC BY 2.0.