Aquinnah

Aquinnah is a town at the western end of . The bright, multi-colored clay cliffs at Gay Head are a fabulous sight. Aquinnah is home to the Wampanoag Tribe, residents of Martha's Vineyard for thousands of years and the majority population of the town.
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  • Village with 439 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 164 feet (50 metres)
  • Description: town on Martha’s Vineyard in Dukes County, Massachusetts, United States
  • Also known as
    “Aquene-ut”
    “Aquiniuh”
    “Aquinnah, MA”
    “Aquinnah, Massachusetts”
    “Gay Head”
    “Gay Head Neck”
    “Land under the Hill”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Gay Head Light and Gay Head Town Pound.
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is a historic lighthouse located…
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is a historic site.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Menemsha.
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is a small fishing village located in the… is situated 2½ miles east of Aquinnah.

Aquinnah

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Latitude
41.3431° or 41° 20′ 35″ north
Longitude
-70.8137° or 70° 48′ 49″ west
Open location code
87HF85VP+7G
Open­Street­Map ID
node 158866610
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
4937628
Wiki­data ID
Q2418318

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Aquinnah” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Aquinnah”
  • Catalan: “Aquinnah”
  • Chechen: “Аквинна”
  • Chinese: “阿奎納”
  • Dutch: “Aquinnah”
  • French: “Aquinnah”
  • German: “Aquinnah”
  • Hungarian: “Aquinnah”
  • Italian: “Aquinnah”
  • Italian: “Gay Head”
  • Kazakh: “Akyuýnnax”
  • Kazakh: “Акюйннах”
  • Kazakh: “اكيۋينناح”
  • Kirghiz: “Акюйннах”
  • Mazanderani: “آکوینا (ماساچوست)”
  • Mazanderani: “آکوینا”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Aquinnah”
  • Norwegian: “Aquinnah”
  • Persian: “آکوینا”
  • Persian: “اکوینا، ماساچوست”
  • Polish: “Aquinnah”
  • Portuguese: “Aquinnah”
  • South Azerbaijani: “آکوینا، ماساچوست”
  • Spanish: “Aquinnah”
  • Swedish: “Aquinnah”
  • Tatar: “Аквинна”
  • Turkish: “Aquinnah”
  • Ukrainian: “Аквінна”
  • Urdu: “ایکوئنا، میساچوسٹس”
  • Volapük: “Aquinnah”
  • Welsh: “Aquinnah, Massachusetts”
  • Welsh: “Aquinnah”

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