Nixes Mate

Nixes Mate, also known as Nixes Island, Nix's Mate and Nick's Mate, is one of the smaller islands in the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area.
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Photo: AndyWorth, Public domain.
  • Type: Islet
  • Description: island in Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States
  • Also known as: “Nicks Mate”, “Nix Mate”, “Nix’s Mate”, and “Nixs Mate”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Boston Harbor Islands and Long Island Head Light.

Photo: Godsendlemiwinks, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The are a group of thirty-four islands in that are a unit of the United States National Park System.

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

Fort
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is a former U.S. Army Coast Artillery fort that occupied the northern third of in the . 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
Photo: Chris j wood, CC BY-SA 4.0.
, 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
Photo: MBTafan2011, CC BY 3.0.
, 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 .

Hamlet
Photo: Doc Searls, CC BY 2.0.
is a historic fort on the 28-acre at the entrance to . The fort is named for Revolutionary War hero Dr. Joseph Warren, who sent Paul Revere on his famous ride, and was later killed at the Battle of Bunker Hill.

Nixes Mate

Latitude
42.33149° or 42° 19′ 53″ north
Longitude
-70.94419° or 70° 56′ 39″ west
Open location code
87JF83J4+H8
Open­Street­Map ID
way 816346544
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­maritime
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­islet
Geo­Names ID
4945379
Wiki­data ID
Q13541958
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to German—“Nixes Mate” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Nixes Mate”
  • Dutch: “Nixes Mate”
  • French: “Nixes Mate”
  • German: “Nixes Mate”

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