Angelica Rock
Angelica Rock, also known as Angelica Island, is a one-acre rock island emerging from Buzzards Bay, within the town limits of Fairhaven, Massachusetts.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Black Rock and West Island.
Black Rock
Island
Black Rock is a barren, uninhabited island in Bristol County, Massachusetts. It has a beacon structure.
West Island
Island
West Island is an island in Fairhaven, Massachusetts, United States, on Buzzards Bay. Approximately two-thirds of the island is forest. Water and sewage restrictions have limited its growth.
Clarks Point Light
Lighthouse
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Clarks Point Light is located in New Bedford, Massachusetts. Originally constructed as a wooden tower, it was replaced with a stone tower in 1804. This in turn was replaced by a structure on the parapets of Fort Rodman which was deactivated in 1898.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fairhaven and Bliss Corner.
Fairhaven
Photo: Schlitzer90, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Fairhaven is a town in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States. It is located on the South Coast of Massachusetts where the Acushnet River flows into Buzzards Bay, an arm of the Atlantic Ocean.
Bliss Corner
Hamlet
Photo: Faolin42, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bliss Corner is a census-designated place in the town of Dartmouth in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 5,280 at the 2010 census. Bliss Corner is situated 4½ miles northwest of Angelica Rock.
New Bedford
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
New Bedford is in Massachusetts on the southern coast. New Bedford's excellent harbor made it a natural fishing and whaling center. It was the world's premier whaling port in the 19th century, and, for a time, "the richest city in the world" and "the city that lit the world" because of whale oil production.
Angelica Rock
- Type: Island
- Description: island in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States
- Categories: locality and landform
- Location: Bristol, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.57983° or 41° 34′ 47″ northLongitude
-70.85837° or 70° 51′ 30″ westOpen location code
87HFH4HR+WMOpenStreetMap ID
node 358274239OpenStreetMap feature
place=islandGeoNames ID
4929086Wikidata ID
Q4762672
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Angelica Rock” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Angelica Rock”
- Turkish: “Angelica Rock”
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