Third Point
Third Point is a cape in Nantucket, Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Third Point is situated nearby to the hamlet Shawkemo, as well as near Quaise.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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.
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.
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.
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.
Third Point
- Type: Cape
- Category: landform
- Location: Nantucket, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.30802° or 41° 18′ 29″ northLongitude
-70.05602° or 70° 3′ 22″ westElevation
13 feet (4 metres)Open location code
87HF8W5V+6HOpenStreetMap ID
node 243406202OpenStreetMap feature
natural=capeGeoNames ID
4952912
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