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Buzzards Bay and surrounding area from orbit (looking southwest) Buzzards Bay is a bay of the Atlantic Ocean adjacent to the U.S. state of Massachusetts. It is approximately 28 miles (45 kilometers) long by 8 miles (12 kilometers) wide. It is a popular destination for fishing, boating, and tourism. Buzzards Bay is often considered the finest ...
The Port of New Bedford is a deepwater port located at at the mouth of the Acushnet River on Buzzards Bay, with access to the Atlantic Ocean. It is in the harbor estuary on the southern coast of Massachusetts in New Bedford, Fairhaven and Acushnet. Once a major whaling port, it is the largest commercial fishing port by value in the United States.
Massachusetts Maritime Academy (Mass Maritime, MMA) is a public university in Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts, focused on maritime-related fields. It was established in 1891 and is the second oldest state maritime academy in the United States.
It is one of four straits allowing maritime passage between Buzzards Bay and the Vineyard Sound. The others are Canapitsit Channel, Robinson's Hole and Woods Hole. A narrow passage, Quick's Hole handles heavy boat traffic as the only passage between Vineyard Sound and Buzzards Bay suitable for vessels with drafts greater than 10 feet.
An American brig that shipwrecked in Plymouth Bay during the Revolutionary War in a blizzard. "On Friday the 25th ult. at 6 A.M. the wind to the westward, sailed from this port the brig General Arnold , James Magee , commander; and about meridian the wind chop'd round to N.E. and looking likely for a gale they thought best to put into Plymouth ...
Buzzards Bay Entrance Light is a lighthouse located in open water at the entrance to Buzzards Bay, about four nautical miles west southwest of Cuttyhunk Island, Massachusetts. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The light has a racon showing the letter "B".
1909 map of Buzzards Bay Angelica Rock , also known as Angelica Island , is a one-acre (0.4 ha) rock island emerging from Buzzards Bay , within the town limits of Fairhaven, Massachusetts . The rock is privately owned and is located southwest of Sconticut Neck and Wilbur's Point.
Buzzards Bay is a census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Bourne in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 3,859 at the 2010 census. [ 2 ] It is the most populous of the five CDPs in Bourne.