Ocracoke
Ocracoke Island is one of the barrier islands of the Outer Banks of North Carolina. The 16 mi of unspoiled beaches and salty ocean breezes offer great opportunities for solitude, serenity, and peace of mind.Photo: Sedna10387, Public domain.
- Type: Village with 948 residents
- Description: census-designated place in North Carolina, United States
- Also known as: “Ocracoke, NC” and “Ocracoke, North Carolina”
- Postal code: 27960
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ocracoke Light House and Ocracoke Island Airport.
Ocracoke Light House
Lighthouse
Photo: Henryhartley, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ocracoke Light was built in Hyde County, on Ocracoke Island, Ocracoke, North Carolina in 1823 by Massachusetts builder Noah Porter. The lighthouse stands 75 feet tall.
Ocracoke Island Airport
Aerodrome
Ocracoke
- Categories: census-designated place in the United States and locality
- Location: Ocracoke Township, Hyde County, North Carolina, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
35.1146° or 35° 6′ 53″ northLongitude
-75.9809° or 75° 58′ 51″ westPopulation
948Elevation
3 feet (1 metre)Open location code
87764279+RJOpenStreetMap ID
node 158513656OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
4483142Wikidata ID
Q954241
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Satellite Map
Discover Ocracoke from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Volapük—“Ocracoke” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “أوكراكوك”
- Basque: “Ocracoke”
- Catalan: “Ocracoke”
- Cebuano: “Ocracoke”
- Chechen: “Окракок”
- Chinese: “Ocracoke”
- Chinese: “奥克拉科克岛”
- Chinese: “奧克拉寇克”
- Chinese: “奧克拉科克”
- Chinese: “奧克拉科克島 (北卡羅來納州)”
- Danish: “Ocracoke”
- Dutch: “Ocracoke”
- Finnish: “Ocracoke”
- French: “Ocracoke”
- Galician: “Ocracoke”
- German: “Ocracoke”
- Gilaki: “اوکراکوک (کلسيايي کارؤلینا)”
- Gilaki: “اوکراکوک”
- Hebrew: “אי אוקראקוק”
- Irish: “Ocracoke”
- Italian: “Ocracoke”
- Japanese: “オクラコーク”
- Ladin: “Ocracoke”
- Macedonian: “Окракок”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Ocracoke”
- Persian: “وکراکوک، کارولینای شمالی”
- Persian: “وکراکوک”
- Polish: “Ocracoke”
- Portuguese: “Ocracoke”
- Russian: “Окракок (Северная Каролина)”
- Russian: “Окракок”
- Serbian: “Окракок”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Ocracoke, North Carolina”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Ocracoke”
- Spanish: “Ocracoke”
- Tamil: “ஒக்ராகோக்”
- Tatar: “Окракок”
- Ukrainian: “Окракок”
- Urdu: “اوکراکوک، شمالی کیرولائنا”
- Uzbek: “Ocracoke”
- Volapük: “Ocracoke”
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