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The area of Nantucket Island proper is 47.8 square miles (124 km 2). The triangular region of ocean between Nantucket, Martha's Vineyard, and Cape Cod is Nantucket Sound . The highest points on the island include Saul's Hill at 102 feet (31 m), [ 32 ] Altar Rock at 100 feet (30 m), [ 33 ] and Sankaty Head [ 34 ] at 92 feet (28 m).
Map of the Island of Nantucket, 1782, by Crèvecœur. 1712 – Sperm whaling begins. [6] 1713 – Tuckernuck Island becomes part of Nantucket County. [6] 1732 – Quaker meeting house built. [7] 1746 Lighthouse and East Mill constructed. [8] The Old Mill an historic windmill. [6] 1774 – Population: 4,545. [5]
The "Outer Lands" coloured in green. The Outer Lands is the prominent terminal moraine archipelagic region off the southern coast of New England in the United States. This eight-county region of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and New York comprises the peninsula of Cape Cod and the islands of Nantucket, Martha's Vineyard, the Elizabeth Islands, Block Island, and Long Island, as well as ...
The Nantucket Historic District is a National Historic Landmark District that encompasses the entire island of Nantucket, Massachusetts. The original December 13, 1966 listing on the National Register of Historic Places included only the historic downtown core and the village of Siasconset , but was expanded in 1975 to include the entire island ...
Rainsford Island is part of the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area, a National Recreation Area situated among the islands of Boston Harbor of Boston, Massachusetts The islands of Massachusetts range from barren, almost completely submerged rocks in Massachusetts Bay (e.g. Abbott Rock, first on the list below) to the large, famous ...
NANTUCKET, Mass. (AP) — The federal government has ordered an offshore wind developer off Nantucket Island, a popular summer tourist destination in Massachusetts, to suspend operations after ...
Nantucket County: 019: Nantucket: 1695: From Nantucket Island which had been part of Dukes County, New York until Massachusetts gained it in 1691. The Town of Nantucket, itself derived from a Wampanoag word meaning "place of peace" 14,444: 48 sq mi (124 km 2) Norfolk County: 021: Dedham: 1793: From part of Suffolk County. For the English county ...
English: The maps use data from nationalatlas.gov, specifically countyp020.tar.gz on the Raw Data Download page. The maps also use state outline data from statesp020.tar.gz . The Florida maps use hydrogm020.tar.gz to display Lake Okeechobee.