Nantucket Island
Nantucket is an island and town 30 mi off the coast of Cape Cod and part of Massachusetts. The island offers quiet harbors, dramatic cliffs, sandy beaches, lighthouses, beautiful old mansions and gardens, interesting history – even a series of limericks about its residents.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Nantucket Memorial Airport and Nantucket Life-Saving Museum.
Nantucket Memorial Airport
Aerodrome
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Nantucket Memorial Airport is a public airport on the south side of the island of Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States. It is owned by the Town of Nantucket and is located three miles southeast of the town center. Nantucket Memorial Airport is situated 1½ miles southwest of Nantucket Island.
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.
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. Shawkemo is situated 1½ miles northwest of Nantucket Island.
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 northeast of Nantucket Island.
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 west of Nantucket Island.
Nantucket Island
- Type: Island
- Also known as: “Douteuse”, “Isle de Nantockyte”, “Isle de Nantukket”, “Isle Nanturket”, “Mantuckett”, “Mantukes”, “Nantican Island”, “Nantiket”, “Nantock”, “Nantocket”, “Nantocket Island”, “Nantocks”, “Nantoe”, “Nantoe Island”, “Nantucket”, “Nantuckett”, “Nantucquet”, “Nantukes”, “Nantuket”, “Nantuket Island”, “Nantukett”, “Nantukket”, “Nantukket Island”, “Natace Island”, “Natacei”, “Natocke”, “Natocke Island”, “Natocko Island”, “Nautican Island”, “Nauticon Island”, “Neutocket”, “Neutocket Island”, and “Siasconset Island”
- Category: landform
- Location: Town of Nantucket, Nantucket, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.27363° or 41° 16′ 25″ northLongitude
-70.04325° or 70° 2′ 36″ westElevation
49 feet (15 metres)Open location code
87HF7XF4+FMGeoNames ID
4944923
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