Island · Ocracoke, North Carolina
Portsmouth Island
The northern tip of Core Banks across Ocracoke Inlet, site of Portsmouth Village, once the largest settlement on the Outer Banks as a lightering port for Ocracoke Inlet. The last residents left in 1971 and the village is preserved as a ghost town within Cape Lookout National Seashore.
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Quick facts
| Type | Island |
|---|---|
| Position | 35.0643°N, 76.0639°W |
| From Ocracoke ferry dock | 9.0 km (5.6 mi), bearing 231° SW |
| Source | OpenStreetMap; Curated (NOAA AWOIS / NC DMF / NPS) |
How to see it
Above water and inside the horizon from Ocracoke ferry dock, 9.0 km (5.6 mi) away, so on a clear day it can be seen from there, and CoastFinder puts a label on it.
Further reading: Portsmouth Island 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 Ocracoke, with its distance and height, and it works with no signal.
Nearby
- Ayers RockReef · 1.2 m · 2.5 km
- AlbatrossShipwreck · 3.9 km
- MidgettShipwreck · 5.1 m · 4.1 km
- Ocracoke Inlet BarShoal · 3 m · 4.1 km
- AlbatrossShipwreck · 3 m · 4.7 km
- Ocracoke LighthouseLighthouse · 23 m · 8.7 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.