Boston Harbor

Boston Harbor is a natural harbor and estuary of , located adjacent to , Massachusetts. It is home to the Port of Boston, a major shipping facility in the .
Wikipedia
Photo: Richard Schneider, CC BY 2.0.
  • Type: Bay
  • Description: estuary and harbor of Massachusetts Bay in the northeastern United States
  • Also known as: “Baye de Baston”, “Port de Boston”, and “Porto di Boston”
  • Address: MA

Places of Interest

Highlights include Deer Island Light and Long Island Head Light.

Lighthouse
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is a lighthouse in Boston Harbor, Boston, Massachusetts. The actual light is 53 feet above Mean High Water. Its alternating white and red light is visible for 9 nautical miles.

Lighthouse
is an historic lighthouse on in Boston Harbor, Boston, Massachusetts. The current brick tower is the fourth lighthouse on the island.

Fort
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is a former U.S. Army Coast Artillery fort that occupied the northern third of in the Boston Harbor. The island had a training camp during the American Civil War, and a gun battery was built there in the 1870s.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gallops Island and Lovells Island.

Suburb
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, also known as Gallups Island, is an in the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area. It is situated between and , and is just over 6 miles from downtown Boston.

Suburb
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, or Lovell's Island, is a 62-acre island in the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area, in . The island is across The Narrows from and some 7 miles offshore of downtown .

Photo: Sean 2015, Public domain.
is a city in , United States. The population was 19,316 at the 2020 census. is an ocean-side suburban town in situated at the north entrance to the Boston Harbor, geographically nearby to the .

Boston Harbor

Latitude
42.34177° or 42° 20′ 30″ north
Longitude
-70.96616° or 70° 57′ 58″ west
Open location code
87JF82RM+PG
Open­Street­Map ID
node 368984462
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­bay
Geo­Names ID
4930983
Wiki­data ID
Q894564
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Boston Harbor” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ميناء بوسطن”
  • Belarusian: “Бостанская бухта”
  • Catalan: “Boston Harbor”
  • Cebuano: “Boston Harbor”
  • Chinese: “波士頓港”
  • Chinese: “波士頓灣”
  • Chinese: “波士顿港”
  • Dutch: “Boston Harbor”
  • Estonian: “Bostoni sadamaala”
  • French: “Boston Harbor”
  • German: “Boston Harbor”
  • Irish: “Cuan Bhostúin”
  • Japanese: “ボストンハーバー”
  • Japanese: “ボストン港”
  • Japanese: “ボストン港湾”
  • Japanese: “ボストン湾”
  • Korean: “보스턴 항”
  • Korean: “보스턴항”
  • Polish: “Boston Harbor”
  • Portuguese: “Boston Harbor”
  • Russian: “Бостон-Харбор”
  • Russian: “Бостонская бухта”
  • Russian: “Бостонская гавань”
  • Slovenian: “Boston Harbor”
  • Swedish: “Boston Harbor”
  • Ukrainian: “Бостонська бухта”
  • Venetian: “Boston Harbor”
  • Vietnamese: “cảng Boston”
  • “Boston Harbor”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Deer Island Waste Water Treatment Plant and Great Hunger Memorial.

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