Bodie Island[1] (/ˈbɒdi/ BAH-dee) is a long, narrow barrier peninsula that forms the northernmost portion of the Outer Banks.

[2] As a result, the Currituck Banks and Bodie Island are now one contiguous peninsula, joined at the Nags Head area, where the inlet once flowed.

"Tucked away between tall pine trees and freshwater marshland, the Bodie Island Light presents anything but a typical lighthouse setting.

Though not as well-known as its neighbors, it remains an important part of local history and a favorite spot for visitors.

And still, every evening, amidst the water towers and blinking radio antennae of modern development, its powerful light beams out across the darkening waves, keeping silent watch over the treacherous waters known as the “Graveyard of the Atlantic.”[3] The lighthouse, now called Bodie Island Light Station and sporting a fresnel lens, remains standing and can be visited in the summer months.

The heraldic pelican, one of the few female beasts in heraldry, is shown with a sharp stork-like beak, which it uses to vuln (pierce or wound) her breast.

The Bodie family history is noted extensively in Seventeenth Century Isle of Wight County, Virginia[8] Folklore sometimes attributes the naming of the island to the dead "bodies" of drowned sailors that washed up from the ships that ran aground and sank off the Outer Banks in what is now known as the Graveyard of the Atlantic but that is incorrect.

Inlets frequently open and close along the Outer Banks, making landform naming inconsistent.

Bodie Island can be accessed from North Carolina mainland from the Wright Memorial Bridge, originally built in 1966.