Brant Point
Brant Point is a cape in Town of Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts. Brant Point is situated nearby to the town Nantucket, as well as near the hamlet Mikas Pond.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Brant Point Light and Nantucket Harbor Range Lights.
Brant Point Light
Lighthouse
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Brant Point Light is a lighthouse located on Nantucket Island. The station was established in 1746, automated in 1965, and is still in operation. The current tower was added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 28, 1987; it has the distinction of being the tenth light on the point, in addition to several range lights.
Nantucket Harbor Range Lights
Tower
The Nantucket Harbor Range Lights are range lights that were built in 1908 to guide vessels through the narrow channel to Nantucket Harbor. They replaced an older arrangement involving the Nantucket Beacon and the Brant Point Light, which became unusable when the latter was replaced with a new tower.
Nantucket Whaling Museum
Museum
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The Nantucket Whaling Museum is a museum located in Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States. It is run by the Nantucket Historical Association. The Whaling Museum is the flagship site of the Nantucket Historical Association’s fleet of properties.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nantucket and Shawkemo.
Nantucket
Town
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Nantucket is an island in Massachusetts, United States, about 30 miles south of the Cape Cod peninsula. Together with the small islands of Tuckernuck and Muskeget, it constitutes the Town and County of Nantucket, a combined county/town government.
Shawkemo
Hamlet
Shawkemo is a village in Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States. Its elevation is 16 feet. The name Shawkemo is an Indian word meaning "middle field of land". Shawkemo lies 4 miles west-northwest of Siasconset.
Polpis
Hamlet
Polpis is a village in Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States. Its elevation is 7 feet. The different spellings of its name led the Board on Geographic Names to designate its official spelling in 1900. The community lies 3.5 miles northwest of Siasconset.
Brant Point
- Type: Cape
- Description: cape on Nantucket
- Category: landform
- Location: Town of Nantucket, Nantucket, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.29005° or 41° 17′ 24″ northLongitude
-70.09047° or 70° 5′ 26″ westElevation
16 feet (5 metres)Open location code
87HF7WR5+2ROpenStreetMap ID
node 6343641583OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cape
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Brant Point” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Brant Point”
- Turkish: “Brant Point”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Brant Point Light Station and U.S. Coast Guard - Station Brant Point.
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