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Shawkemo

Shawkemo is a village in Nantucket, , 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 .
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Wikipedia
  • Type: Hamlet
  • Description: village in United States of America
  • Also known as: “Middle Field Land”, “Shawaukema”, “Shawkemo, MA”, “Shawkemo, Massachusetts”, and “The”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Nantucket Life-Saving Museum and Brant Point Light.

Museum
The Nantucket Shipwreck & Lifesaving Museum of , is a small, seasonal, non-profit museum dedicated to the history of shipwrecks off the Nantucket coast and in Nantucket Sound.

Lighthouse
Photo: Denimadept, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a lighthouse located on . 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. is situated 1½ miles west of Shawkemo.

Museum
Photo: Kzirkel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is a located in Nantucket, , . It is run by the Nantucket Historical Association. The Whaling Museum is the flagship site of the Nantucket Historical Association’s fleet of properties. is situated 2 miles west of Shawkemo.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nantucket and Polpis.

Town
Photo: Ktr101, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an island in , United States, about 30 miles south of the peninsula. Together with the small islands of and , it constitutes the Town and County of , a combined county/town government. is situated 2 miles west of Shawkemo.

Hamlet
is a village in Nantucket, , 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 . is situated 2½ miles east of Shawkemo.

Hamlet
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is a village in Nantucket, , United States. Its elevation is 3 feet. Named for an old local Indian chief, it lies on the northeastern coast of Nantucket Island, 4.7 miles north-northwest of . is situated 4 miles northeast of Shawkemo.

Shawkemo

Latitude
41.29457° or 41° 17′ 40″ north
Longitude
-70.05779° or 70° 3′ 28″ west
Elevation
16 feet (5 metres)
Open location code
87HF7WVR+RV
Open­Street­Map ID
node 158819503
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­hamlet
Geo­Names ID
4950698
Wiki­data ID
Q7491263
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Satellite Map

Discover Shawkemo from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Turkish—“Shawkemo” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Shawkemo, Massachusetts”
  • Albanian: “Shawkemo”
  • Chinese: “肖克莫”
  • Dutch: “Shawkemo”
  • South Azerbaijani: “شاوکمو، ماساچوست”
  • Turkish: “Shawkemo”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Shawkemo”. Photo: Ktr101, CC BY-SA 3.0.