Roanoke Island

Roanoke [ ɹɔɘ ˌ nɔɘk ] Iceland is an island off the U.S. coast of North Carolina. The name comes from the local Algonkindialekt. Here was the one the first English settlement in North America, on the other hand, the island of the mysterious disappearance of over 100 English colonists in the late 16th century has become known.

Geography

The 16 km long and 4.3 km wide island with an area of ​​46.48 km ² is in transit from the Albemarle Sound in the Pamlico Sound in the separated by the Outer Banks of the Atlantic Sound off the coast of North Carolina. It belongs to the Dare County North Carolina and is connected by U.S. Highway 64 to the mainland and with Bodie Iceland. The largest settlements are in the north and Manteo Wanchese in the south of the island. Manteo is the capital of the island and the entire Dare County. Wanchese does not own administration, but is managed by the Dare County. The total population was 6,724 according to the U.S. census of 2000.

• Island (United States)
• Island (North America)
• Island (Atlantic Ocean )
• Geography (North Carolina)
• British colonial history ( America)
• Dare County