Island · Nags Head, North Carolina
Colington Island
A wooded island in Roanoke Sound west of Kill Devil Hills, granted to Sir John Colleton in 1663 and the site of the first English attempt at a plantation on the Outer Banks. Today it is a residential community reached by bridges from the bypass.
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Quick facts
| Type | Island |
|---|---|
| Position | 36.0057°N, 75.7085°W |
| From Jennette's Pier, Nags Head | 15 km (9.2 mi), bearing 316° NW |
| Source | OpenStreetMap; Curated (NOAA AWOIS / NC DMF / NPS) |
How to see it
Above water but beyond the horizon from Jennette's Pier, Nags Head, 15 km (9.2 mi) away: the curve of the earth hides it. CoastFinder draws it faintly and marks it hidden, with its bearing and distance.
Further reading: Colington, North Carolina on Wikipedia.
Point your phone at the real thing. The CoastFinder app draws this island over your live camera view from any beach, pier or boat near Nags Head, with its distance and height, and it works with no signal.
Nearby
- ParaquayShipwreck · 3.8 m · 5.3 km
- Avalon Fishing PierPier · 5.4 km
- AR-197 artificial reefReef · 1.8 m · 5.9 km
- Miss DianaShipwreck · 14.6 m · 6.7 km
- KyzickesShipwreck · 6 m · 7.6 km
- Carl GerhardShipwreck · 5 m · 7.7 km
Not for navigation. Positions and depths come from public charts and records, with their sources named above; they are for looking, not for piloting a boat.