White Rock

White Rock is an island in , . White Rock is situated nearby to the hamlet , as well as near .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Dumpling Rocks Light.

Lighthouse
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is a light on a skeleton tower on Dumpling Rock, , Massachusetts. It replaced the wooden Dumpling Rock Light, built 1889, which had replaced the original stone lighthouse established in 1829.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bliss Corner and New Bedford.

Hamlet
Photo: Faolin42, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a census-designated place in the town of in , United States. As of the 2020 census, had a population of 5,480.

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is in on the southern coast. 's excellent harbor made it a natural fishing and whaling center. It was the world's premier whaling port in the 19th century, and, for a time, "the richest city in the world" and "the city that lit the world" because of whale oil production.

White Rock

Latitude
41.54733° or 41° 32′ 50″ north
Longitude
-70.9217° or 70° 55′ 18″ west
Open location code
87HFG3WH+W8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 358274012
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Geo­Names ID
4955493
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