Coatue Beach
Coatue Beach is a beach in Town of Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts. Coatue Beach is situated nearby to the hamlet Shawkemo, as well as near Quaise.- Type: Beach
- Description: beach in Nantucket County, Massachusetts, United States
- Also known as: “Bogue Beach”, “First Beach”, and “Hanloetoe Beach”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Nantucket Life-Saving Museum and Brant Point Light.
Nantucket Life-Saving Museum
Museum
The Nantucket Shipwreck & Lifesaving Museum of Nantucket, Massachusetts is a small, seasonal, non-profit museum dedicated to the history of shipwrecks off the Nantucket coast and in Nantucket Sound. Nantucket Life-Saving Museum is situated 1½ miles southeast of Coatue Beach.
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. Brant Point Light is situated 2½ miles southwest of Coatue Beach.
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 Harbor Range Lights is situated 2½ miles southwest of Coatue Beach.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shawkemo and Polpis.
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. Polpis is situated 2½ miles southeast of Coatue Beach.
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. Nantucket is situated 3 miles southwest of Coatue Beach.
Coatue Beach
- Category: landform
- Location: Town of Nantucket, Nantucket, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.31262° or 41° 18′ 45″ northLongitude
-70.05779° or 70° 3′ 28″ westElevation
7 feet (2 metres)Open location code
87HF8W7R+2VOpenStreetMap ID
node 358275081OpenStreetMap feature
natural=beach
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Coatue Beach” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Coatue Beach”
- Turkish: “Coatue Beach”
- Turkish: “Coatue Plajı”
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