Island · Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina

Roan Island

Roan Island is a mid-sized island, about 5 km across. Mapped in OpenStreetMap.

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Quick facts

TypeIsland
Position34.3539°N, 78.0810°W
From Johnnie Mercer's Pier, Wrightsville Beach31 km (19 mi), bearing 300° WNW
SourceOpenStreetMap

How to see it

Above water but beyond the horizon from Johnnie Mercer's Pier, Wrightsville Beach, 31 km (19 mi) away: the curve of the earth hides it. CoastFinder draws it faintly and marks it hidden, with its bearing and distance.

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 Wrightsville Beach, with its distance and height, and it works with no signal.

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Nearby

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.