Cape Ann
Cape Ann is a rocky peninsula in northeastern Massachusetts on the Atlantic Ocean. It is about 30 miles northeast of Boston and marks the northern limit of Massachusetts Bay.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Cape
- Description: cape in Massachusetts, USA
- Also known as: “Cap d’Anne”, “Cape An”, “Cape Anna”, and “Capo Anna”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Thacher Island and Straitsmouth Island Light.
Thacher Island
Islet
Photo: Tim Pierce, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Thacher Island is a small island off Cape Ann on the Massachusetts coast in the United States. It is a part of the Town of Rockport. It was a place where some naval confrontations, both minor and major, took place, which helped secure a victory for the colonists.
Straitsmouth Island Light
Lighthouse
The Straitsmouth Island Light is a lighthouse located on Straitsmouth Island, in Rockport, Massachusetts. The original tower was built in 1835, and replaced by a second tower in 1896.
Cape Ann Light
Lighthouse
Photo: Tim Pierce, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Cape Ann Light Station on Thacher Island, off Cape Ann in Rockport, Massachusetts, is nationally significant as the last light station to be established under colonial rule and the first station in the United States to mark a navigational hazard rather than a harbor entrance.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rockport and Dogtown Commons.
Rockport
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Rockport is a town of 7,000 people in Massachusetts on Cape Ann. The town, once famous for granite production, got its start as an artist colony in the late 1800s.
Dogtown Commons
Hamlet
Photo: Daderot, Public domain.
Dogtown is an abandoned inland village in Gloucester on Cape Ann in Massachusetts. Dogtown Commons is situated 3½ miles west of Cape Ann.
Gloucester
Gloucester is a city in Massachusetts. One of the country's oldest settlements, established in 1623, it serves as America's oldest seaport. Although the sea is contributing less to the city's economy, Gloucester is still a true New England fishing center as immortalized in the movie The Perfect Storm.
Cape Ann
- Category: landform
- Location: Essex, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Welsh—“Cape Ann” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Kaap Ann”
- Azerbaijani: “Keyp-Enn yarımadası”
- Basque: “Ann lurmuturra”
- Cebuano: “Cape Ann”
- Chinese: “安海岬”
- Chinese: “安角”
- Czech: “Cape Ann”
- Dutch: “Cape Ann”
- French: “cap Ann”
- French: “Cap Ann”
- German: “Cape Ann”
- Hebrew: “כף אן”
- Italian: “capo Ann”
- Italian: “Capo Ann”
- Japanese: “アン岬”
- Japanese: “ケープ・アン”
- Latin: “Promonturium Annae”
- Malayalam: “കേപ്പ് ആൻ”
- Polish: “Cape Ann”
- Portuguese: “Cabo Ann”
- Portuguese: “Cape Ann”
- Russian: “Кейп-Анн”
- Russian: “Кейп-Энн”
- Russian: “Мыс Энн”
- Russian: “Трагбигзанда”
- Russian: “Энн (мыс)”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Ann”
- Slovak: “Cape Ann”
- Spanish: “Cabo Ann”
- Spanish: “Cape Ann”
- Swedish: “Cape Ann”
- Turkish: “Cape Ann”
- Ukrainian: “Кейп-Енн”
- Welsh: “Cape Ann”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Flat Point and Whale Cove.
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