Bassetts Island
Bassetts Island is a Y-shaped island within Pocasset Harbor and Red Brook Harbor, in Bourne, Massachusetts, United States. It is located between two peninsulas, Wings Neck to the north and Scraggy Neck to the south, and is geographically separated into four portions, the central, northeast, southeast, and the western.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Island
- Description: island in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States
- Also known as: “Basset Island” and “Bassett Island”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Wing’s Neck Light and Amrita Island.
Wing’s Neck Light
Lighthouse
Photo: Bruce Tuten, CC BY 2.0.
The Wing's Neck Light is a historic lighthouse in the Pocasset village of Bourne, Massachusetts. It is located on Wing's Neck Road at the end of Wing's Neck, a peninsula between Pocasset Harbor and the Hog Island Channel, which provides access to the Cape Cod Canal.
Amrita Island
Island
Amrita Island is a small inhabited island in Squeteague Harbor in the village of Cataumet in the town of Bourne, in Barnstable County, Massachusetts. Several residential homes are located on the island.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pocasset and North Falmouth.
Pocasset
Village
Photo: Faolin42, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The village of Pocasset is a census-designated place in the town of Bourne in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States, located on Buzzards Bay. The population was 2,851 at the 2010 census.
North Falmouth
Village
Photo: Faolin42, CC BY-SA 3.0.
North Falmouth is a census-designated place in the town of Falmouth in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 3,084 at the 2010 census.
Buzzards Bay
Village
Photo: Faolin42, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Buzzards Bay is a census-designated place in the town of Bourne in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 3,859 at the 2010 census. It is the most populous of the five CDPs in Bourne. Buzzards Bay is situated 4½ miles north of Bassetts Island.
Bassetts Island
- Categories: locality and landform
- Location: Barnstable County, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.67954° or 41° 40′ 46″ northLongitude
-70.63781° or 70° 38′ 16″ westElevation
23 feet (7 metres)Open location code
87HFM9H6+RVOpenStreetMap ID
node 358274634OpenStreetMap feature
place=island
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Dutch—“Bassetts Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Bassetts Island”
- Dutch: “Bassetts Island”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Patuisset and Barlows Landing.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Bassett’s Island and Bassetts Island Landing.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Bassetts Island”. Photo: papadunes, CC BY-SA 3.0.