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Falmouth Docks are a deep-water docks of the town of Falmouth in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The docks are the southern shore of the Fal Estuary which is the third largest natural harbour in the world and the deepest in Europe. They extend over 30 hectares (74 acres) and covers a range of services to shipping such as repair, refuelling ...
Falmouth (/ ˈ f æ l m ə θ / FAL-məth; Cornish : Aberfala [2]) is a town, civil parish and port on the River Fal on the south coast of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. [ 3 ] Falmouth was founded in 1613 by the Killigrew family on a site near the existing Pendennis Castle .
Woods Hole is located at the southwestern tip of the town of Falmouth (and of Cape Cod) at (41.526730, -70.663184 The term "Woods Hole" refers to a strait named Woods Hole, which separates Cape Cod from the Elizabeth Islands (specifically, Uncatena Island and Nonamesset Island) and which boats, yachts, and small ferries can use to travel between Vineyard Sound and Buzzards Bay.
Falmouth is a census-designated place (CDP) consisting of the primary settlement in the town of Falmouth in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States. The population of the CDP was 3,799 at the 2010 census, [2] out of 31,532 in the town as a whole. It was named after Falmouth, Cornwall, England.
Falmouth is situated on the Carrick Roads, a large natural harbour on the south coast of Cornwall. It developed as a port for packet boats in the seventeenth century. These moved elsewhere in the 1850s but a new commercial dockyard was founded in 1860. [1] A committee was set up in 1865 to request the RNLI to station a lifeboat at Falmouth.
Royal Caribbean Sun worshipers looking for something new during next season's cruising season are in luck. Royal Caribbean announced earlier this week that a new port of call, Historic Falmouth ...
The north end of the Shining Sea Bikeway is located in North Falmouth at the former site of the North Falmouth Railroad Station. According to the United States Census Bureau , the CDP has a total area of 6.6 square miles (17.1 km 2 ), of which 3.9 square miles (10.1 km 2 ) is land, and 2.7 square miles (7.0 km 2 ) (40.98%) is water.
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